“by installing Bannon, Conway, and later Bossie, Trump was handing the reins of a half-billion-dollar political enterprise to a seasoned team of… — Joshua Green Business Copy Share Image
“On November 8, 2016, the world shifted for just about everybody, including me. As strange as Trump’s victory was the realization that… — Joshua Green Election day Copy Share Image
“Manafort’s ouster extinguished the last vestige of hope for Republicans praying that Trump would at last pivot to a more statesmanlike approach.… — Joshua Green Democracy Copy Share Image
“The experience taught Bannon the power of real news and how it could be exploited—a lesson he would soon have cause to… — Joshua Green Copy Share Image
“On his desk was a printout of an article, set to run in the next morning’s New York Times. It explained how… — Joshua Green Political party Copy Share Image
“Ivanka spoke up: “My father has something big to tell you.” “What’s that?” Murdoch said. “He’s going to run for president.” “He’s… — Joshua Green Fox news Copy Share Image
“These guys, these rootless white males, had monster power,” he said. “It was the pre-reddit. It’s the same guys on Thottbot who… — Joshua Green Copy Share Image
“On television and on the front pages of the major newspapers, Trump clearly seemed to be losing the election. Each new woman… — Joshua Green Focal point Copy Share Image
“In the shell-shocked aftermath of the election, President Obama, looking shaken, appeared in the White House Rose Garden to deliver public remarks… — Joshua Green Rose garden Copy Share Image
“Trump,” she declared, to a multicultural audience at a community college, “is reinforcing harmful stereotypes and offering a dog whistle to his… — Joshua Green Conspiracy theories Copy Share Image
“Kushner, now back from vacationing in Croatia, delivered the news at a Friday morning breakfast as diplomatically as he could. “We’ve really… — Joshua Green Friday morning Copy Share Image
“Instead of the patriotic pageantry Republicans typically produce, the four-day event was a strange, dark, almost dystopian affair whose attempt to unify… — Joshua Green Prime time Copy Share Image
“On the first business day after Manafort’s firing, Trump put out a statement intended to reframe the race: “Hillary Clinton is the… — Joshua Green American people Copy Share Image
“Too late, Clinton had awoken to the danger of the tightening race: she, too, had swept through Pennsylvania (twice) and North Carolina,… — Joshua Green North carolina Copy Share Image
“Within minutes of the debate’s end, even as Trump was still nursing his grievances on live television, reporters began to realize that… — Joshua Green Fox news Copy Share Image
“And yet Trump was hardly dissuaded. His habit always was to quiz anyone and everyone about what they thought, whether or not… — Joshua Green Habits Copy Share Image
“Bannon, more synthesist than adherent, brought to Guénon’s Traditionalism a strong dose of Catholic social thought, in particular the concept of “subsidiarity”:… — Joshua Green Pope Pius X Copy Share Image
“Among those informed about immigration [the Gang of Eight bill] was shocking—a kick in the teeth to decent Americans,” said Jeff Sessions,… — Joshua Green Attorney general Copy Share Image
“At his peak in 2010, Trump’s positive Q Score with black audiences was 27, while his positive score among English-speaking Hispanic audiences… — Joshua Green Copy Share Image
“Conway was a pollster by trade, but she tested messaging, not horse race, and the campaign had cut her off weeks earlier… — Joshua Green Copy Share Image
“Bannon basically agreed. When the embarrassed Lynch reporter asked for time off, he refused to allow it, allergic to any hint of… — Joshua Green Every day Copy Share Image
“Bannon and the Breitbart editors had the same reaction and immediately turned on Megyn Kelly, with a fusillade of negative articles. She… — Joshua Green Fox news Copy Share Image
“Breitbart’s genius was that he grasped better than anyone else what the early twentieth-century press barons understood—that most readers don’t approach the… — Joshua Green Storytelling Copy Share Image
“Bring in Steve Bannon and Kellyanne Conway,” Mercer told him. “I’ve talked to them; they’ll do it.” Trump agreed.” — Joshua Green Steve Bannon Copy Share Image
“He knew who his audience was going to be—it was not going to be people who want to have policy debates. It… — Joshua Green Older people Copy Share Image
