The next day: Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey, and Philip Rucker, “For Trump and White House, Kavanaugh Hearing Was a Suspenseful Drama in Two Acts,” Washington Post, Sept. 27, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-trump-and-white-house-kavanaugh-hearing-was-a-drama-in-two-acts/2018/09/27/6b82f8c8-c276-11e8-a1f0-a4051b6ad114_story.html?utm_term=.171a47be64c2.
On August 18: Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman, “White House Counsel, Don McGahn, Has Cooperated Extensively in Mueller Inquiry,” New York Times, Aug. 18, 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/us/politics/don-mcgahn-mueller-investigation.html.
At a cabinet meeting: Josh Dawsey and Nick Miroff, “Trump Unloads on Homeland Security Secretary in Lengthy Immigration Tirade,” Washington Post, May 10, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-unloads-on-homeland-security-secretary-in-lengthy-immigration-tirade/2018/05/10/f0ded152-54a0-11e8-9c91-7dab596e8252_story.html?utm_term=.cdd691914581.
In late October: Paul Sonne and Missy Ryan, “Trump Says He May Send 15,000 Troops to U.S.-Mexico Border,” Washington Post, Oct. 31, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/ahead-of-midterm-elections-trump-says-he-may-send-15000-troops-to-us-mexico-border/2018/10/31/9e7740ec-dd4a-11e8-aa33-53bad9a881e8_story.html?utm_term=.f5bd0c483703.
The move immediately inspired: Aaron Blake, “Mattis Vouched for Trump’s Decision to Send Troops to the Border. Trump Seems Bent on Making Him Regret It,” Washington Post, Nov. 2, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/02/trump-is-doing-his-best-make-fool-jim-mattis/?utm_term=.89c4f7679128.
Trump sought to frighten: Philip Rucker, “‘Full Trumpism’: The President’s Apocalyptic Attacks Reach a New Level of Falsity,” Washington Post, Nov. 4, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/full-trumpism-the-presidents-apocalyptic-attacks-reach-a-new-level-of-falsity/2018/11/04/8e4fb87e-e043-11e8-b759-3d88a5ce9e19_story.html.
Chapter Twenty: An Ornery Diplomat
It did not work: Josh Dawsey and Philip Rucker, “Five Days of Fury: Inside Trump’s Paris Temper, Election Woes, and Staff Upheaval,” Washington Post, Nov. 13, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/five-days-of-fury-inside-trumps-paris-temper-election-woes-and-staff-upheaval/2018/11/13/e90b7cba-e69e-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html?utm_term=.9e2d15ddad5b.
The president was so churlish: Ben Riley-Smith, “‘Trump the Grump’: Moody US President Challenged Theresa May over Brexit During Phone Call,” Telegraph, Nov. 14, 2018, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/14/donald-trump-berated-theresa-may-air-force-one-phone-call/.
Nicholas Soames, a grandson: Nicholas Soames (@NSoames), Twitter, Nov. 10, 2018, 6:51 a.m., twitter.com/NSoames/status/1061270124404113408.
On November 11: David Nakamura, Seung Min Kim, and James McAuley, “Macron Denounces Nationalism as a ‘Betrayal of Patriotism’ in Rebuke to Trump at WWI Remembrance,” Washington Post, Nov. 11, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/to-mark-end-of-world-war-i-frances-macron-denounces-nationalism-as-a-betrayal-of-patriotism/2018/11/11/aab65aa4-e1ec-11e8-ba30-a7ded04d8fac_story.html?utm_term=.f7ed6b6c15f5.
Speaking French, Macron delivered: “Emmanuel Macron’s Speech at Commemoration of the Centenary of the Armistice,” Nov. 11, 2018, onu.delegfrance.org/Emmanuel-Macron-s-speech-at-Commemoration-of-the-centenary-of-the-Armistice.
On November 16: Shane Harris, Greg Miller, and Josh Dawsey, “CIA Concludes Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s Assassination,” Washington Post, Nov. 16, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/cia-concludes-saudi-crown-prince-ordered-jamal-khashoggis-assassination/2018/11/16/98c89fe6-e9b2-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4097ecac0008.
Corsi was a longtime Clinton critic: Carol D. Leonnig et al., “Mueller Seeks Roger Stone’s Testimony to House Intelligence Panel, Suggesting Special Counsel Is near End of Probe of Trump Adviser,” Washington Post, Dec. 19, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mueller-seeks-roger-stones-testimony-to-house-intelligence-panel-suggesting-special-counsel-is-near-end-of-probe-of-trump-adviser/2018/12/19/ac5c3ee6-0226-11e9-b5df-5d3874f1ac36_story.html?utm_term=.ab1560413c06.
An email from August 2: Rosalind Helderman, Manuel Roig-Franzia, and Carol D. Leonnig, “Conservative Author and Stone Associate Jerome Corsi Said He Expects to Be Indicted by Special Counsel for Allegedly Lying,” Washington Post, Nov. 12, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/conservative-author-and-stone-associate-jerome-corsi-said-special-prosecutors-plan-to-indict-him-for-allegedly-lying/2018/11/12/773e6722-e6c7-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html?utm_term=.945366b72865.
The agreement said Corsi understood: “Draft Jerome Corsi Statement of Offense,” Washington Post, apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/politics/draft-jerome-corsi-statement-of-offense/3324/.