At War with Ourselves, page 36
4.United Nations Meetings Coverage, “Security Council Tightens Sanctions on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2397 (2017),” 8151st Meeting (PM), SC/131141, December 22, 2017, https://press.un.org/en/2017/sc13141.doc.htm.
5.The White House, National Security Strategy of the United States, December 2017, https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/NSS-Final-12-18-2017-0905.pdf.
6.Rex Tillerson, “Remarks on the Way Forward for the United States Regarding Syria,” Hoover Institution, January 17, 2018, https://tr.usembassy.gov/remarks-way-forward-united-states-regarding-syria/.
7.See @realDonaldTrump at https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/947181212468203520.
Chapter 17: Allies, Authoritarians, and Afghanistan
1.“U.S. Stops Sale of F-35 Fighter Jets to Turkey over Use of Russian Defense System,” CBS, July 17, 2019, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/f-35-us-stops-sale-of-fighter-jets-to-turkey-citing-use-of-russian-s-400-air-defense-system/.
2.For more on this meeting, see McMaster, Battlegrounds, 25–35.
3.Ryan Browne and Barbara Starr, “Trump Says US Will Withdraw from Syria ‘Very Soon,’” CNN, March 29, 2018, https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/29/politics/trump-withdraw-syria-pentagon/index.html.
Chapter 18: The Last 385 Yards
1.The Associated Press, “Trump on Kim Jong-un: ‘We Fell in Love,’” New York Times (video), September 30, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000006136380/trump-kim-jong-un-we-fell-in-love.html.
2.Jeff Mason and Denis Pinchuk, “Trump Backs Putin on Election Meddling at Summit, Stirs Fierce Criticism,” Reuters, July 16, 2018, https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1K6011/.
Postscript
1.Fred I. Greenstein, “ ‘The Qualities of Effective Presidents’: An Overview from FDR to Bill Clinton,” Presidential Studies Quarterly 30, no. 1 (2000): 178–85, http://www.jstor.org/stable/27552077.
2.McMaster, Dereliction of Duty, 324.
3.See James David Barber, The Presidential Character: Predicting Performance in the White House (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1972), 8; see also Alexander George, “Assessing Presidential Character,” World Politics 26, no. 2 (Jan. 1974): 234–82, https://doi.org/10.2307/2009901.
Index
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Abbas, Mahmoud, 146–149, 279
Abdullah II, king of Jordan, 92, 93, 96–97, 235, 278–279
Abe, Shinzo, 160, 197, 222, 240, 254–255, 308
Abizaid, John, 118
Abraham Accords, 144
Afghanistan, 60–61, 79, 109–122, 280
Biden administration and, 330
India and, 121–122
McMaster’s work toward sustainable strategy in, 109, 114–118, 125–128, 329
Pakistan and, 110, 113, 118–121, 213, 220, 281–282, 317, 330–331
policy accomplishments of U.S. in, 213–220, 239, 323, 329
Trump’s attitude toward, 74, 109–113, 126
see also Ghani, Ashraf
Africa, 237–239, 293–294
Aiban, Musaed bin Mohammed al-, 11, 317
Allegra, Ted, 303
Anton, Michael, 3, 102, 200
Argentina, 126, 129
Arita, Hachiro, 253
ASEAN Summit, 248–249, 268
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference, 248–249, 264–265, 266
Assad, Bashar al-, 96–98, 100, 188, 234–235, 274–275, 285
use of chemical weapons, 88, 90, 92, 93, 95–96, 101–102, 105–106, 310, 312
see also Syria
Atmar, Mohammed Haneef, 11, 117, 317
Ayers, Nick, 297
Badasch, Megan, 33–34, 39, 76
Bajraktari, Ylber, 77
Bajraktari, Ylli, 5, 11–13, 77, 216, 248, 313, 326
Bajwa, Qamar Javed, 120–121
Bannon, Steve, 39, 68, 94, 129, 196, 202
character of, 197–198
leaks to press and, 43
McMaster’s appointment as national security advisor and, 20–21, 23–26, 27
National Security Presidential Memorandum and, 35
NATO Treaty and, 168–169
Paris Climate Accords and, 166
President’s Daily Briefing and, 37–38
“radical Islamic terrorism” phrase and, 67
Saudi Arabia and, 143
social media campaign against McMaster, 197–202
travel ban issues and, 54
Trump’s anxiety and, 133, 143, 154–155, 160, 207
Battle of 73 Easting, 14, 23, 25
Belgium, Trump’s visit to, 154–159
Bell, Mike, 93, 278, 280
Biden, Hunter, 169
Biden, Joe and administration of, 169, 277, 288, 295, 323, 330, 331
Black, Bryan, 239
Bolton, John, 21, 27
as McMaster’s replacement as national security advisor, 3, 4, 12, 308, 311, 321–322, 325
Boney, Virginia, 61–62
Booker, Cory, 63
Bossert, Tom, 35, 51–52, 286
Bray, Leah, 243
Brennan, John, 155
Brooks, Vince, 256
Brunson, Andrew, 9–10, 240, 300–301
Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 45, 69, 74, 80, 130, 168, 192
Bush, George W. and administration of, 6, 39, 109, 187, 238
Canada. See NAFTA
Cardin, Ben, 61
Carlson, MaryKay, 122
Carter, Jimmy and administration of, 45, 80, 130
Caslen, Bob, 21, 27
Castro, Raúl, 167
Center, Seth, 36
Charlottesville, VA, “Unite the Right” rally in, 201–202
China, 122, 240–241
North Korea and, 65–66, 76–77, 90, 103–104, 189–190, 222, 230–231
policy accomplishments of U.S. in, 321, 329
South Korea and, 257
trade issues and, 66, 89–90, 103, 171, 231, 252, 256, 258–259, 261–263, 293–295, 323
Trump’s inconsistency and reversal of policies, 331
Trump’s visit to, 248–249, 258–263
see also Xi Jinping
Chung Eui-yong, 171, 172–173, 181, 249, 296–297, 305–308. See also South Korea
Churchill, Winston, 40, 49, 155
Clark, Bill, 88
Coats, Dan, 8, 90, 95, 97, 99, 102, 126, 129, 181, 285
Cohen, Yossi, 234–235
Cohn, Gary, 44, 161, 183, 243, 248, 293, 305, 307
China and, 66, 103–104
European Union and, 154, 155
France and, 191
G7 meeting and, 159–160
G20 meeting, 190
Iran and, 250
Israel and, 146
Mexico and, 94
NAFTA and, 130
NATO and, 158–159
North Korea and, 65, 66
Paris Climate Accords and, 165–166
Saudi Arabia and, 143
South Korea and, 171
Syria and, 98
Comey, James, 133
Condé, Alpha, 237
Corker, Bob, 61, 251
Corson, Neal, 21
Cotton, Tom, 21, 61–62
Cuba, 166–168, 225, 233, 249, 317, 329
Curtis, Lisa, 119, 120, 122, 216
Davis, Jennifer, 299
Desalegn, Hailemariam, 237
Donilon, Tom, 45, 49, 250
Doval, Ajit, 4–5, 121–122
Duda, Andrzej, 184
Dunford, Joseph, 35, 39, 49, 97–98, 112, 129, 214, 281
Duterte, Rodgrio, 268–270
Egypt, 48, 90–92
Eikenberry, Karl, 114
Eisenberg, John, 34–35, 53, 75–76, 92, 160, 216
Eissenstat, Everett, 249, 264–265
election of 2016, 6–9, 106, 155, 189, 302, 324
election of 2020, 19, 201, 207, 323, 325, 333
Epictetus, on presidential character, 332
Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip
G20 meeting and, 186–187
Gülen and Brunson and, 9–10, 240–241, 300
Hamas and, 301
Mattis and, 301, 311–313
nostalgia for Ottoman Empire, 299–300
telephone call with Trump, 274–275
see also Turkey
Ernst, Joni, 62
Etienne, Philippe, 191, 322–325
European Union, 154–155, 166, 172, 185, 191
Fidan, Hakan, 299–301
Fixing Failed States (Lockhart and Ghani), 115
Flaherty, Sarah, 33
Flynn, Michael, 19, 20, 33, 35, 43, 76, 77
France, 156, 320
Trump’s visit to, 190–191
see also Macron, Emmanuel
Francis, Pope, 151–152
Friedman, David, 278–280
G7 meeting, 159–160
G20 meeting, 186–190
Gabriel, Sigmar, 304
Galui, Jason, 80
Gates, Bob, 208
Gentiloni, Paolo, 153, 160
George, John, 36
George, Shannon, 36
Germany, 320
Trump’s visit to, 185–186
Ghani, Ashraf, 10, 24, 48, 113, 116, 127, 144, 239. See also Afghanistan
Gingrich, Newt, 33
Giuliani, Rudy, 169
Goldberg, Jeff, 46
Gorka, Sebastian, 67
Graham, Lindsey, 61, 62
Green, Mark, 238
Greenblatt, Jason, 278
Greenstein, Fred, 331
Gülen, Muhammed Fethullah, 9–10, 240, 300
Guterres, António, 231
Hadley, Stephen, 49, 249–250
Hagin, Joe, 29, 47
Hale, David, 118–119, 120, 121, 281
Haley, Nikki, 47, 105, 182, 203–204, 206, 231, 241, 283, 288, 295
Haley, Vince, 229
Hamas, 145, 146–147, 175, 235, 279, 288, 301, 304, 330
Hannity, Sean, 12, 199, 311
Hariri, Saad, 275–276
Harmon, Ernest, 24
Harrington, Kevin, 130–131
Harris, Harry, 252–253
Harvey, Derek, 93
Haspel, Gina, 281, 306, 319
Hawaii, Trump visits, 252–253
Hearne, Dennis, 115
Heyer, Heather, 201
Hijazi, Aya, 91–92
Hill, Fiona, 77, 299, 303
Hoffman, Frank, 42
Holbrooke, Richard, 114–115
Hook, Brian, 80
Hooker, Allison, 64, 128, 174, 181, 224, 249, 297, 307
Hooker, Rich, 77–78
Ibn Saud, Abdul Aziz, 141
India, 121–122
Ingraham, Laura, 12, 199
Iohannis, Klaus, 168, 170, 184
Iran, 234–235, 242, 276
policy accomplishments of U.S. in, 323, 329
protests in, 287–288
Trump’s speech about, 250–251
see also Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)
Iraq, 22, 78, 92, 112, 242–243, 285, 312
travel ban issues and, 39, 53–55
ISIS, 113, 141, 285
Trump administration policy and, 24, 51–52, 74, 78
Turkey and, 274–275, 312
Israel
Hamas 2023 attack on, 147, 175, 235, 288, 301, 330
McMaster and, 199–200
Trump’s visit to, 144–150
U.S. embassy moved to Jerusalem, 147–148, 278–280
Yad Vashem in, 149–150
see also Netanyahu, Benjamin
Italy
G7 meeting and, 159–160
Trump’s visit to, 150–153
Jibouri, Najim Abed Abdullah al- and family, 53–55
Jahid, Taj Mohammad, 117
Jaishankar, Subrahmanyam, 48, 122
January 6, 2020, assault on U.S. capitol, 19, 40, 202, 207, 325, 333
Japan, Trump visits, 254–255. See also Abe, Shinzo
Jean, Daniel, 48, 249
Jerusalem. See Israel
Johnson, Jeremiah, 239
Johnson, La David, 239
Johnson, Lyndon, 14, 25, 67–68, 331
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), 24, 165, 222–223, 234, 250–251
Jones, Alex, 199
Jones, Jim, 45, 249
Jordan, 92, 96–97, 278
Juncker, Jean-Claude, 156
Juster, Ken, 76–78, 248
Kagame, Paul, 293–294
Kalin, Ibrahim, 299–301
Kaplan, Fred, 135, 136–137
Karzai, Hamid, 113, 116, 220
Kawar, Dina, 278
Kellogg, Keith, 21, 27–28, 33–34, 37–39, 43, 45, 75–76
Kelly, John
Afghanistan policy and, 215, 217
Asia trip in 2017 and, 248, 260, 265
McMaster and, 8–9, 11, 247–248, 288–289, 306, 307, 313
McMaster’s firing and, 4, 11–12
North Korea and, 203
Pakistan and, 281
Tillerson and, 225, 242
Trump’s UN speech and, 233–234
as White House chief of staff, 195–197, 203–204, 215, 217, 225, 252, 320
Kelly, Robert, 219
Kennedy, John F., 185
Khalilzad, Zalmay, 330
Khamenei, Ayatollah, 234, 242
Khan, Imran, 330–331
Khashoggi, Jamal, 276–277
Kilbride, Kevin, 21
Kim Hyun-chong, 171
Kim Jong-un, 63–66, 103, 174, 181–182, 236, 266, 282, 293–298, 306–307, 323. See also North Korea
Kim Kwan-jin, 129, 131–132
Kim Yo-jong, 297, 298
Kim Yong-nam, 297
Kislyak, Sergey, 133
Kissinger, Henry, 46, 69, 74, 135–137, 241–242, 249–250
Klimkin, Pavlo, 48
KORUS (Korea–United States Free Trade Agreement), 66, 129, 131–132, 170–171, 221–222, 257
Kushner, Arbella, 100
Kushner, Jared, 39, 46, 141, 148, 293
China and, 100
Israel and, 278
Italy and, 153
MBS and, 141
McMaster and Trump and, 199–200
McMaster’s appointment as national security advisor and, 21, 23, 24
Mexico and, 94
Syria and, 98, 99
Lavrov, Sergey, 133, 135–136, 141, 178, 187, 304
Lebanon, 275–277, 304
Lerner, Jon, 47
Li Keqiang, 263–264
Lieberman, Avigdor, 199
Lighthizer, Robert, 94, 130, 155, 171, 255, 261, 267
Liu He, 101, 241
Liu Yandong, 261
Llorens, Hugo, 114–115, 117
Lockhart, Clare, 115
Lujan, Fernando, 118, 126
Macron, Emmanuel, 156, 160, 166, 191, 234–235, 247, 250. See also France
Marcus Aurelius, on presidential character, 332
Mattarella, Sergio, 153
Mattis, James, 39, 129, 191
Afghanistan and, 111–112, 127
Iran and, 223, 224
Israel and, 279
issue of McMaster remaining on active military duty, 51, 60, 62
McMaster’s appointment as national security advisor and, 20, 50–51
NATO and, 157, 158, 159
North Korea and, 64, 65, 181, 222, 224, 252
Pakistan and, 281
Qatar and, 175–176
South Korea and, 306
Syria and, 97–98, 99, 100, 102, 277, 312–313
tensions with McMaster, 4, 73–75, 204–209, 225, 250–252, 280–281, 288–289, 313, 333
Turkey and, 301
May, Teresa, 8, 160, 235, 250, 293
McCain, John, 62, 125–126, 128, 199, 326
McFarland, Kathleen Troia “K.T.,” 33, 37, 76
McFarlane, Bud, 250
McGahn, Don, 75, 160
McMaster, H.R.
family members and events, 20, 21, 29, 37, 85–86, 114, 136–137, 151, 174, 249, 286–288, 325
leaks and rumors about departure of, 289, 305
military service of, 3, 14, 36, 50–51
pre-national security advisor experience of, 22
retirement from military, 3, 308
social media “FireMcMaster” campaign against, 197–200
McMaster, H.R. as national security advisor
early meetings as, 45–49
key tasks of, 78–79
NSC staff and, 33–35, 40–44, 75–76, 285–286
policy accomplishments of, 317–318, 323–325, 329–331
President’s Daily Briefing and, 36–38
“radical Islamic terrorism” phrase and, 66–67
resignation letter written by, 247, 248
Senate confirmation of, 50, 51, 60–63
statement to Xi, 261–262
tensions with cabinet members, 4, 73–75, 250–252, 280–281, 288–289, 313
travel ban issues and, 52–55
Trump’s firing of, 3–4, 13–14, 317
Trump’s hiring of, 18–30
see also specific countries
McMaster, Katie
McMaster’s appointment and service as national security advisor, 19, 26, 28, 29, 55, 63, 309
McMaster’s departure as national security advisor, 13, 318, 323, 325–327
Merkel, Angela, 160, 185–186, 222, 250, 320–321
Mexico, 46–47, 94, 130. See also NAFTA
Michel, Charles, 155–156
Miller, Laurel, 61
Miller, Scott, 113
Miller, Stephen, 47, 53, 102, 150, 157–158, 161, 247
national security strategy and, 35, 283
“radical Islamic terrorism” phrase and, 67
travel ban issue and, 54
Trump’s Iran speech and, 250
Trump’s UN speech and, 231, 233, 236
Milley, Mark, 21
Milliken, Kyle, 238
Mnuchin, Steve, 47, 94, 104
Modi, Narendra, 122, 170, 172–174
Monroe Doctrine, Roosevelt Corollary to, 188–189
Moon Jae-in, 131, 170, 172–174, 181, 221–222, 240, 255–257, 295–298, 306–307. See also South Korea
Mueller, Robert, 6, 7, 133, 154, 247, 302, 305, 319
Mugabe, Robert, 237
Muhandis, Abu Mahdi al-, 323, 331
Murdoch, Rupert, 200
Musevani, Yoweri, 237
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), 48, 66, 94, 129–131, 170–171, 236
