Table of Contents
Introduction ix
Chapter 1 Donald Trump, COVID-19, Black Lives Matter, and Authoritarianism 3
Chapter 2 Trump's Youth: The Child Who Is the Father of the Child 30
Chapter 3 Trump's Life from 1968 to 2016: Ecstasy, Agony, Fakery, Fraud 51
Chapter 4 Trump's Past as Presidential Prologue 78
Chapter 5 Donald Trump Base: Part I-Social Dominators 104
Chapter 6 Donald Trump Base: Part II-Authoritarian Followers 124
Chapter 7 Disturbing Attitudes and Mental Shortcomings of Authoritarian Followers 150
Chapter 8 Loyal Followers: Why Evangelicals Support Trump 174
Chapter 9 "Double Highs" Authoritarians 195
Chapter 10 National Survey on Authoritarianism 214
Chapter 11 Trump's Authoritarian Enablers 231
Chapter 12 The November 2020 Election Will Decide the Fate of America's Democracy 261
Acknowledgments 285
Appendix I 286
Appendix II 290
Appendix III 294
Endnotes 299