The night he defeated Hillary Clinton against all odds, his first thought when told by an aide that he would become president was how to use the office to take revenge on his enemies. The one who initially came to mind was John Kasich, the governor of Ohio and the last Republican who had stood against him in the primaries. “When I get to Washington,” Trump said, according to the aide, “I’m gonna shove it up Kasich’s ass!”[38]
