Just days after the deadly ‘Unite the right’ rally in Charlottesville, Bannon resigns from the White House. ibid.
Actually, I thought I was doing the Lord’s work. ibid. Bannon
On the anniversary of Trump’s victory, Bannon is giving remarks at Republican fundraisers across the country. ibid. caption
The Christian Right is a foundational layer of this populist movement. ibid.
Now Sloppy Steve has been dumped like a dog by almost everyone. Too bad! ibid. Trump text
Bannon is ousted as executive chairman of Breitbart News and fired from his radio show. He also loses financial backing from his benefactors, Robert and Rebekah Mercer. ibid. captions
With an eye towards the 2019 EU elections, Bannon holds meetings with members of far-right parties to propose a unified ‘populist’ agenda. ibid.
Italy’s Matteo Salvini joins Bannon’s European populist group: Interior minister pledges support to the Movement after meeting in Rome. ibid. Guardian online article
A French revolution – that’s what’s coming. ibid. Bannon to US road-meeting of faithful
Gold, marble, chandeliers, money: welcome to the world of Donald Trump. Donald Trump has made himself a multi-billionaire and he never stops flaunting what he’s got. But behind the image is the toughness of a New York builder. Trump’s American dream takes him from luxury buildings and hotels to starring in the original Apprentice series. Now Trump is bringing his brand of showmanship over here to Scotland but some of the locals are not that impressed. Donald Trump: All American Billionaire, Emily Maitles reporting, BBC 2020
This is Trump’s apartment; it’s probably the world’s only Louis XIV-style triplex. And it’s home to his third wife Melania Trump. ibid.
Ivanka Trump – business-woman and model. Nepotism? Well it’s a charge they’ve always had to deal with. ibid.
Trump already owns nine golf courses in the US. Now he wants to expand his collection to Scotland. Aberdeen is experiencing what looks like a state visit. ibid.
There’s concern about the impact of building on this beautiful coastline and its rare wildlife. ibid.
Today, Trump’s American dream is open to all. ibid.
Dharma is the combination of duty, faith and destiny. American Dharma, Sky Documentaries 2020, Bannon
There’s an inherent contradiction in the views that you hold. You just want to destroy everything. ibid. Errol Morris
You may hate my guts and you may hate what I stand for but if we don’t allow some way for this system to spread the wealth we’re going to have a revolution in this country. ibid. Bannon
If they preach identity politics and we preach populism and jobs – and bringing manufacturing jobs back – we got it. For all their brilliance and all their money and all their professionalism they don’t have an understanding of what this election is all about. ibid.
He [Trump] hates anything social. And he really doesn’t like anything political either. Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn, Sky Documentaries 2020
Donald Trump is fighting for his political life. America is gripped by a pandemic. With a monumental election just weeks away, the reality-star president was supposed to cruise into a second term on a strong economic wave. But he’s now presiding over a recession, mass unemployment and a profoundly divided nation. His hopes of victory are fading but he isn’t letting go. Trump: America Interrupted, Amanda Walker reporting, Sky Documentaries 2020
The billionaire who people knew from the TV promised an economic miracle for these towns. It hasn’t materialised. ibid.
So what happens when a lunatic crazy person becomes president? The Trump Show I, Scaramucci, BBC 2020
Four years after Donald Trump was elected president many of those who were inside the White House with him are ready to talk. ibid. caption
So we almost have an experiment … What happens if a person wholly unaware of the history of this job, of the responsibility of this job, as though he were just dropped from Mars into his job, that’s what you have in Donald Trump. ibid. Michael Wolff
Day 1: Trump’s first 24 hours in office see celebrations and the largest single-day protest in US history. ibid. caption
Somehow he was still Donald Trump from The Apprentice. Donald kept doing bizarre things in the first couple of weeks. ibid. aide
Determined to keep his campaign promises, Trump bypasses Congress and starts signing Executive Orders. ibid. caption
He just seemed very overwhelmed. ibid. aide
But every man has a past. Trump faces at least 18 allegations of sexual assault. And the CIA has proof the Russians interfered in the election in his favour. The Trump Show II: A Dirty Business, captions
January 2018: The Stormy Daniels story is now global news. But the Stormy Daniels story is more than a sex scandal. Paying ‘hush money’ during an election campaign is against the law. ibid.
He rolls out sweeping tax cuts. And imposes tariffs of $240 billion on Chinese imports. ibid.
With mid-term elections coming up, Trump’s poll ratings are falling. November 6th 2018: The Republican Party suffers heavy losses in the mid-term elections. ibid.
Between 2017 and 2019 six members of Trump’s campaign team were convicted of crimes including fraud and obstruction of justice. ibid.
‘Because I know what Mr Trump is: he is a racist, he is a conman and he is a cheat.’ ibid. Michael Cohen, Trump’s ex-attorney
July 2019: 16 months until the presidential election. Trump’s poll ratings are holding steady and the economy is booming. A second term in office is within his grasp. The Trump Show III: The Reckoning, caption
‘He is unhinged. This guy like all bullies is a coward. He does not want to run against me.’ ibid. Biden
Trump begins to pursue a conspiracy theory that his presidential rival Joe Biden had been involved in corruption in Ukraine. ibid. caption
August 12th 2019: An intelligence officer files a report raising concerns over Trump’s phone call. ibid.
‘Because their Trump Derangement Syndrome is so bad, they reduced themselves to idiotic theories.’ ibid. Rudy Giuliani
On 16th March 2020, Trump’s health expert issued social distancing guidelines. 8 days later the president begins to push for lifting restrictions. ibid. caption
October 2020: A pandemic is raging across the United States. Having recovered from Covid himself, President Trump is now battling for re-election. The Trump Show: Downfall, caption, BBC 2021
This is a level of political showmanship that the world has never seen before, and I’m going to predict now, will never see again. ibid. Nigel Farage
Once Florida was called that’s it. Everyone decided he had won, no question. Everyone assumes that it’s a slam-dunk. ibid.
As the postal ballots begin to be counted, Trump’s lead starts to shrink. ibid.
We were winning everything, and all of a sudden it was just called off … This is a fraud on the American public. ibid. Trump 2:22 a.m. approx
With his authority slipping away Trump uses the power of the presidency to authorise a record number of executions. He issues pardons to his friends and associates, and conducts a campaign of intimidation against election officials. ibid. captions
Within 24 hours of taking this solemn oath of office it became clear that Donald Trump would change the presidency more than the presidency would change him. There was the dystopian language of his inaugural address. There was the argument about the size of the inaugural crowd. There was the music of his inaugural ball … and his decision to keep using Twitter. Then there was the appearance before the memorial wall at CIA headquarters where he tore into the press: the start of what came to be a running battle. The Trump Effect: How He Changed America, BBC News 202
Donald Trump has now sent 50,000 tweets; they’ve taken him from reality TV star to the Oval Office. And 140 characters at a time changed the presidency. The global political landscape will never quite be the same again. Trump: Tweets From the White House, Channel 4 2020
An ‘extremely credible source’ has called my office and told me that Barack Obama’s birth certificate is a fraud. ibid. Tweet 6th August 2012
I am officially running for President of the United States. ibid. Tweet 16th June 2015