There Is Nothing for You Here, page 55
selecting, 62–63, 68
sports/exercise and, 77
Sullivan, Mr., and, 68
UK political events during, 69–73
university as life change, 69
See also Moscow year/studies (Hill)
salaries
County Durham average annual salary, 317–18
UK/U.S. comparison, 297 n
wages restrictions/effects (hospital and council workers, UK), 39
See also gender wage gap
Salman, King of Saudi Arabia, 210
Sanders, Bernie, 183
Sawhill, Isabel (“Belle”), 144–45
Scaramucci, Anthony, 209
Scargill, Arthur, 72, 73
Science Club for Girls of Greater Boston, 313–14, 325
Scott, MacKenzie
background, 341
philanthropy and, 341, 347–48, 350
seal colony, Eden River Estuary, 76
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks/effects, 256, 302
Sergei Magnitsky Act, 230
Shanahan, Patrick, 228
Shriver, Maria, 86
Silent Generation, 150
Silva, Jennifer, 155–56
slavery/slave trade, 70–71, 306
solutions. See creating opportunities; specific components
Sondland, Gordon
background, 251
Hill and, 261, 262
Trump/manipulating Trump, 251, 252, 261–62
Soros conspiracy myth, 247–48
Soros, George
anti-Semitism and, 248–49
Open Society Foundation (OSF), 246–47
Trump and, 242
“Soros Mole” label and Hill, 243, 245
Specials (band), 35
spring break volunteering, 360
Starks, Danica, 108
START agreement, 227
Star Trek (TV series), 40
Star Wars (film), 33, 34
Stein, Jill, 183
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), 51, 313, 314, 325
Stent, Angela
Aspen Ideas Festival/Blair, 101–2
background/family background, 101, 102
gender discrimination, 135
Hill and, 101
Stern, Fritz, 156
Stewart, Jimmy, 110
Stockton and Darlington Railway, 31
Stone, Roger, 184, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249
Stuart, James Edward, 280
Stuart, James Francis Edward, 280
student debt, 148, 151–53, 323
Sturgeon, Nicola, 280
subsidies/tax breaks problems, 343–44
Sullivan, Mr., 68
T
tariffs and Trump, 173, 177, 187, 188, 189, 198, 227, 256
tax breaks/subsidies problems, 343–44
Taylor, Miles, 253
Tea Party movement (U.S.), 154, 156
Tebbit, Norman/wife, 42, 70
Teesdale Mercury, 326
Ten Pound Poms scheme, 111
Tereshkova, Valentina, 278, 279
Thatcher, Margaret
background/family, 58–59, 100
Carlton Club, London and, 57
coal miners’ strike (1984–1985), 72–73
Conservative Party annual conference/IRA attack, 69–70
consolidation/centralization of government, 346
criticism/activism against, 35, 58–59
cutting NHS budget, 80
description, 57–58
gossip about, 57–58
government policies/economy, 7, 22–23, 30–31, 42, 58, 79, 80, 89, 95–96, 117, 118, 149, 158, 236, 291, 306–7, 319, 346
as Iron Lady, 57
not promoting other women, 57
postwar safety nets/”nanny state” and, 58, 158, 181
Soviet Union/Cold War, 98
state housing and, 120
unemployment and, 23, 30–31, 58
voice lessons, 100
Thorpe, Jim, 113–14
Threads (film), 60
Tillerson, Rex
background, 197, 231
Russia and, 196–97, 201, 231
Tobytown, Maryland, 344–45
Today (TV show), 86
transportation
breakthroughs following World War II and, 21
Great Lakes/coastal areas (U.S.), 21
Hill family and, 42, 345
Moscow, 83–84, 85
places lacking/jobs and, 344–45
river systems (UK), 21, 24
Travellers (UK), 32, 37, 72, 104, 162, 163, 374 n
Trenin, Dmitri, 222
“Troubles, the”
in 1984, 69–70
Boston (U.S.) and, 105
Conservative Party annual conference/IRA attack, 69–70
Trudeau, Justin, 241
Trump, Donald
acting officials and, 241–42
administration/walking on eggshells and, 203
apologies and, 202
Apprentice, The, 187, 189, 198
arms control/negotiator and, 197, 198–99, 227
authoritarianism/authoritarians and, 219–26, 228, 232, 233
background, 178, 179, 180, 183, 185, 277
bankruptcies, 180
“birtherism” conspiracy/Obama, 249
border wall, 173
boxing/wrestling and, 187
bragging about shooting someone/no consequences, 219
branding U.S./MAGA articles, 190
building/construction and, 178
as businessman, 179, 180
campaign/white working class and, 176–77, 179–80
comeback plot and, 280–81, 285
comparisons to Thatcher, 181
Confederate-era statues/names, 224
crediting himself/blaming others, 172, 177–78, 181, 189, 225, 233
cronyism, 223
democracy and, 286–87, 288
disinformation/weaponizing and, 247
divisions/exploiting, 225, 226, 285, 286, 291–92
dynasty desires, 214, 279–80
ego/self-obsession, 176, 178, 189–90, 208–11, 215–17, 233, 235, 250–51, 268, 279
as eighties man, 197–99, 238
election/campaign and use of any information, 184–85
“elite” and, 180, 258
environment and, 177, 216, 223
family business methods/U.S. and, 185–88, 190, 205, 208, 214
flattery/attention and consequences, 208–14
“forgotten” people/places and, 172, 176–77, 181
golf/golf courses, Scotland, 171, 213, 216, 228, 279, 280
Hill’s friends/relatives and, 179, 185
“his judges,” 274
image/the look and, 208
immigrants and, 173
inaugural address, 291
inheritance, 179
insults against/consequences, 240–42
labels and, 173–74
leaving White House, 279
lifestyle, 179–80
loyalists and, 241, 252–53, 259, 267, 269, 274, 275
media attacks by, 234, 271, 275
media ending accounts and, 276, 279
media use/lies, 174, 186, 209, 224, 234, 242, 262, 270, 271, 272, 274, 275–76, 279, 350–51
meetings details and, 229
militias and, 224
misogyny/women’s appearance and, 205–6, 207, 242, 253, 262
on Mueller investigation, 184
“nasty list”/enemies list, 209, 211, 213, 241, 242–43, 269, 275
Nobel Peace Prize and, 215–16
“nonplayers” and, 207, 242, 255
nostalgia/national heroes and, 224
notetaking views, 205
nuclear weapons interest, 227
“Old Pretender”/“young pretenders” and, 281
“people, the” and, 176, 190, 224–25, 258, 277
presidency overview, 285
presidential election (2016) and, 176
privatization and, 223
promises/jobs and, 136, 177–78, 180–81, 285, 355
protests against, UK, 213–14
Reagan/Thatcher and, 198–99
“shows” during presidency, 187–89, 215, 268, 286
steel/aluminum workers “show” at White House, 187–89
steel/coal and, 177–78, 187–89
supporters dismissing flaws/problems, 179–80
susceptibility to influence/manipulation, 228, 238, 240, 250–51
on taxes, 223
Tea Party movement and, 154
traits/supporters’ views of traits, 179–80
turnover in administration, 241–42
UK state visit/his family and, 211–14, 215
U.S. reputation/status decline with, 218, 223, 235, 258–59, 287–88
“winging it” vs. briefing material, 227–28, 229–31, 232–33, 237–38, 268–70
working mothers and, 255–56
worldview, 172–73, 184
See also coup/Trump’s attempt; Helsinki summit; National Security Council/Hill; populism/populists; specific aspects
Trump, Donald, Jr., 184, 212, 252, 276, 281
Trump, Donald/Putin
authoritarianism and, 219, 223
comparisons, 221–23, 224–26
Hamburg meeting/interpreter’s notes, 231
Putin flattering Trump, 210
St. Petersburg Metro terrorist attack and, 195–96, 197
supporters’ similarities, 224
Syria, 200–201
See also Helsinki summit; populism/populists
Trump, Eric/Lara, 281
Trump, Ivanka
on father, 176
father praising, 215
Hill and, 196, 202, 203
Lafayette Square event and, 273
position/Trump meetings and, 200, 201, 208, 255
wardrobe/fashion and, 196, 207
women’s empowerment and, 255–56
as “young pretender,” 281
Tsipras, Alexis, 210–11, 241
Twitter, 5, 174, 182, 186, 209, 212, 243, 247, 275, 276, 279, 294, 295
U
Ukraine
Hill and, 3, 261–62
myth on U.S. election interference, 232, 239, 260, 287
Trump wanting “dirt” on Bidens and, 3, 239, 261–62
See also specific individuals
Ulukaya, Hamdi (Chobani), 350
Ungar, Sam, 1, 259, 261
United Kingdom (overview)
diversity and, 164–65
following World Wars/safety nets, 303
London diversity, 164–65
postindustrial challenges/comparing UK, U.S., USSR, 8–9, 94–98
postindustrial challenges/Russia comparison, 117–24
towns establishment/destruction, 121–22
See also specific components; specific individuals/locations
United Nations
Alfred Hill’s joke, 35, 158
visiting UK, 158
visiting U.S., 158
United States (overview)
China’s rising power and, 293, 310–11
crisis of opportunity, 13–14
inequality/reforming, 9–10, 13
postindustrial challenges/comparing UK, U.S., USSR, 8–9, 10, 94–98
See also specific components; specific individuals/locations
United States
Agency for International Development, 340
future populists and, 287
Postal Service, 223
reputation/status decline with Trump, 218, 223, 235, 258–59, 287–88
University of East Anglia Russian course (Norwich, England), 77
USSR
centrally planned economy/interlinks, 94–95
decline/collapse of, 12, 94, 95
disinformation/weaponizing and, 247
“dry year”/alcohol ban, 120
economical inflexibility, 95
establishing/destroying cities, 122
health care, 119
oil and gas production, 81, 94
perestroika, 128
postindustrial challenges/comparing UK, U.S., USSR, 94–98
private/individual aid and, 340
survey/schoolgirls wanting to be prostitutes, 128
See also Russia
V
Valdai Discussion Club, 132
Vance, J. D., 354–55
volunteering to create opportunities, 358, 359, 360
Voting Rights Act (U.S./1965), 105
W
Wagon Works, Shildon, 31, 347
“Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards” (song), 85
Walmart, 343
Wang, Joe, 208, 229
Washington Consensus, 118
Washington Post, 2, 204
Watson, Marjorie, 88–89
Wear Valley, County Durham, 344, 345
Weber, Alfred, 52
Wellington, Duke of, 57
We’re Still Here (Silva), 155–56
Westerhout, Madeleine, 202
Westover, Tara, 354, 355
“White British,” 163–64, 317
white supremacists, 219, 307, 309
“White teenagers” (UK), 164
Wikipedia page, Hill, 245
Wilkerson, Isabel, 307
Williamson, Gavin, 299
wind power, 216
Winter of Discontent (1978–1979), 39
Witton Castle, 42, 208
Witton Park ironworks, 52–53
Wolosky, Lee, 1, 259, 261
Women’s March (January 2017), 206
Women Who Work (Ivanka Trump), 255
Woodward, Bob/Trump tapes, 219, 226
World Bank, 118, 123, 338, 340, 341
World War II Blitz, 191–92
X
Xi Jinping, 220, 221
Y
Yeltsin, Boris
descriptions, 287
political violence and, 278, 287
presidency/administration, 127, 172, 221, 224, 228
reform programs/ “shock therapy,” 117–20
Yom Kippur War, 20
Yovanovitch, Marie (Masha)
background, 240
calls/conspiracy theories about, 239
demonization of public service and, 193
as “Obama holdover,” 239
Parnas/Fruman attacks on, 240–41
Trump firing/threats, 238, 241, 251
as Ukraine ambassador, 238
Yudaeva, Ksenia, 132
Z
Zakharova, Maria, 132
Zelensky, Volodymyr, 3, 241, 274, 297
Zinberg, Dorothy
academic background, 125–26
appearances/Hill, 126
background, 138
gender wage gap and, 138, 142
Zorkin, Valery, 279
Zurbarán, Francisco de, 348
About the Author
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Fiona Hill is the Robert Bosch Senior Fellow at the Center on the United States and Europe in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution. From 2017 to 2019, she served as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council. Coauthor of Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin, she lives in the Washington, D.C., area.
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