Matters of Policy & Politics

Area 45: America’s 241st Birthday

America at Year 241, Trump in Year One.

Matters of Policy & Politics•June 30, 2017
Area 45: America’s 241st Birthday

As the nation prepares for its Fourth of July celebration, the question arises of where the Trump presidency fits in the mosaic of American leadership. David M. Kennedy, a Stanford University historian and Pulitzer Prize winner, discusses the current state of the Republic and whether Donald Trump is the second coming of Andrew Jackson, as Trump would have us believe, or similar to a more recent Oval Office occupant. 

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David M. Kennedy

David M. Kennedy

Bill Whalen

Bill Whalen

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