Footnotes
U.S. Election - Deconstructing Character (Part One)
1 The references to statements made by Socrates are taken from: Plato. “The Allegory of the Cave,” translated by Shawn Eyer, Plumbstone Books, 2016. Retrieved from: https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/seyer/files/plato_republic_514b-518d_allegory-of-the-cave.pdf
2 Diver, Tony. “Watch: Biden reads ‘pause’ aloud from teleprompter in latest speech blunder,” The Telegraph, 25 April 2024. Retrieved from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/04/25/joe-biden-pause-speech-video-anchorman-ron-burgundy/#:~:text=After%20listing%20his%20achievements%20in,more%20years%E2%80%9D%20back%20at%20him.
3 Sullivan, Kate. “Trump amplifies posts calling for televised military tribunal for Liz Cheney,” CNN, 2 July 2024. Retrieved from: https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/02/politics/trump-liz-cheney-military-tribunal/index.html
4 Contomo, Steve. “Trump claims not to know who is behind Project 2025. A CNN review found at least 140 people who worked for him are involved, CNN, 11 July 2024. Retrieved from: https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/11/politics/trump-allies-project-2025/index.html
5 Tim Reid and Helen Coster. “Trump supporters see his narrow escape from death as God's work,” Reuters, 15 July 2024. Retrieved from: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-supporters-see-his-narrow-escape-death-gods-work-2024-07-16/
6 “Fact-checking night 1 of the Republican National Convention,” CNN, 16 July 2024. Retrieved from: https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/15/politics/fact-check-night-one-republican-national-convention/index.html
7 Ray, Siladitya. “RNC Day 4 Photos: Hulk Hogan And Kid Rock Stir Up Audience Before Trump Speech,” Forbes, 19 July 2024. Retrieved from: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/07/19/rnc-day-4-photos-hulk-hogan-and-kid-rock-stir-up-audience-before-trump-speech/
8 “Fighters attack UFC head Dana White’s lack of punishment for slapping wife,” The Guardian, 12 January 2023. Retrieved from: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jan/12/fighters-mock-ufc-president-dana-whites-lack-of-punishment-for-slapping-wife
Trump - Biden: Side-by-Side
1 Breuninger, Kevin. “Trump claimed he turned a ‘small’ $1 million loan from his father into an empire. The New York Times says it was more like $60.7 million in loans,” CNBC, 2 October 2018.
Retrieved from: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/02/trumps-small-loan-from-his-father-was-more-like-60point7-million-nyt.html
2 Eugen Kiely, Brooks Jackson, Brea Jones, D’Angeo Gore, Lori Robertson, and Robert Farley. “Trump’s Final Numbers,” FactCheck.org, 8 October 2021. Retreived from: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/trumps-final-numbers/
3 “Biden inauguration: New president sworn in amid Trump snub,” BBC, 20 January 2021. Retrieved from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55736856#:~:text=Mr%20Trump%20was%20the%20first,nearby%20Andrews%20Air%20Force%20base
4 Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo, and Meg Kelly. “Trump’s false or misleading claims total 30,573 over 4 years,” The Washington Post, 24 January 2021. Retrieved from: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/24/trumps-false-or-misleading-claims-total-30573-over-four-years/
5 Lee, Brandy X. (ed). The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President - Updated and Expanded with New Essays (New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2019); h, Igor. Yale psychiatrist Bandy Lee: Trump's "deadly" briefings display "anti-human" psychology,” 8 April 2020. Retrieved from: https://www.salon.com/2020/04/08/yale-psychiatrist-bandy-lee-trumps-deadly-briefings-display-anti-human-psychology/; Hassel, Jeremiah. “'Demented' Trump 'incapable of doing the job' as psychologist spots 4 signs of Donald's dementia,” Mirror, 31 March 2024. Retrieved from: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/demented-donald-trump-incapable-doing-32402741
6 Brie Sparkman and Sara Wiatrak. “Trump’s 88 criminal charges and where they stand,” CREW, 3 April 2024. Retrieved from: https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/trumps-91-criminal-charges-and-where-they-stand/
7 “How Trump Moved Money to Pay $100 Million in Legal Bills,” New York Times, 27 March 2024. Retrieved from:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/27/us/politics/trump-cases-legal-fund.html