The summit was carefully staged: Philip Rucker and Anne Gearan, “‘A Great Honor’: In a Bid for History, Trump Flatters North Korea’s Totalitarian Leader,” Washington Post, June 11, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-great-honor-in-a-bid-for-history-trump-flatters-north-koreas-totalitarian-leader/2018/06/11/22a4411c-6d8e-11e8-bf86-a2351b5ece99_story.html?utm_term=.c1b5a6c9597c.
Trump’s nearly nine-hour day: Philip Rucker, “‘Getting a Good Picture, Everybody?’: Inside the Trump Production in Singapore,” Washington Post, June 12, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/getting-a-good-picture-everybody-inside-the-trump-production-in-singapore/2018/06/12/27d44bfc-6e4a-11e8-afd5-778aca903bbe_story.html.
“classic traits of the authoritarian leader”: Philip Rucker, “‘Dictator Envy’: Trump’s Praise of Kim Jong Un Widens His Embrace of Totalitarian Leaders,” Washington Post, June 15, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/dictator-envy-trumps-praise-of-kim-jong-un-marks-embrace-of-totalitarian-leaders/2018/06/15/b9a8bbc8-70af-11e8-afd5-778aca903bbe_story.html?utm_term=.46df06790611.
Trump’s courtship and flattery: Karen DeYoung, “John Bolton, Famously Abrasive, Is an Experienced Operator in the ‘Swamp,’” Washington Post, March 23, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/john-bolton-famously-abrasive-is-an-experienced-operator-in-the-swamp/2018/03/23/b9b72000-2eab-11e8-8ad6-fbc50284fce8_story.html.
In February 2018, just before joining: John Bolton, “The Legal Case for Striking North Korea First,” Wall Street Journal, Feb. 28, 2018, www.wsj.com/articles/the-legal-case-for-striking-north-korea-first-1519862374.
As Nielsen answered questions: Margaret Sullivan, “A Reporter at the White House Decided to Play the Audio of Children Sobbing. Somebody Had To,” Washington Post, June 19, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-reporter-at-the-white-house-decided-to-play-the-audio-of-children-sobbing-somebody-had-to/2018/06/19/bbb8d814-73aa-11e8-805c-4b67019fcfe4_story.html.
In addition to the sounds of sniffling: Ginger Thompson, “Listen to Children Who’ve Just Been Separated from Their Parents at the Border,” ProPublica, June 18, 2018, www.propublica.org/article/children-separated-from-parents-border-patrol-cbp-trump-immigration-policy?utm_campaign=sprout&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=1529351580.
The indictment, which Rosenstein publicly announced: Devlin Barrett and Matt Zapotosky, “Mueller Probe Indicts 12 Russians with Hacking of Democrats in 2016,” Washington Post, July 13, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/rod-rosenstein-expected-to-announce-new-indictment-by-mueller/2018/07/13/bc565582-86a9-11e8-8553-a3ce89036c78_story.html.
Earlier, when the CBS anchor: “Trump on Putin Meeting: ‘I Go In with Low Expectations,’” CBS News, July 15, 2018, www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-russia-low-expectations-putin-meeting/.
“nothing short of treasonous”: John O. Brennan (@John Brennan), Twitter, July 16, 2018, 8:52 a.m., twitter.com/johnbrennan/status/1018885971104985093?lang=en.
After consulting with Sanders: Ashley Parker et al., “Trump’s Putin Fallout: Inside the White House’s Tumultuous Week of Walk-Backs,” Washington Post, July 20, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-putin-fallout-inside-the-white-houses-tumultuous-week-of-walk-backs/2018/07/20/7cfdfc34-8c3d-11e8-8b20-60521f27434e_story.html.
Bolton sprang into action: Parker et al., “Trump’s Putin Fallout.”
At this very moment, Coats: “A Look over My Shoulder: The DNI Reflects and Foreshadows,” Aspen Security Forum, July 19, 2018, aspensecurityforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ASF-2018-A-Look-Over-My-Shoulder-The-DNI-Reflects-and-Foreshadows-3.pdf.
Chapter Eighteen: The Resistance Within
On the sidelines of the NATO meetings: Carol D. Leonnig et al., “A Fist Bump, Then a Rancorous Call: How Trump’s Deal to Free an American Pastor in Turkey Fell Apart,” Washington Post, July 26, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-us-will-impose-large-sanctions-on-turkey-for-detaining-american-pastor-for-nearly-two-years/2018/07/26/75dcde32-90e5-11e8-bcd5-9d911c784c38_story.html?utm_term=.817c4cf0.
On July 25, the court convened: Kareem Fahim and Karen DeYoung, “American Pastor Freed from Prison in Turkey but Remains Under House Arrest,” Washington Post, July 25, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/world/turkish-court-orders-american-pastor-freed-from-prison-and-placed-under-house-arrest/2018/07/25/7b3f9382-900a-11e8-ae59-01880eac5f1d_story.html?utm_term=.409dfb3da338.
“They want to hold”: Anne Gearan and Felicia Sonmez, “In Trump’s Standoff with Turkey, Two Tough-Guy Leaders and a Deal Gone Wrong,” Washington Post, Aug. 16, 2018,