Historians Niall Ferguson and David M. Kennedy come together for a provocative examination of the Trump presidency through the long lens of the American experience. At a moment of consequential change, is the United States entering genuinely new territory, or are forces that have shaped the nation before reemerging in new forms?
Ferguson will open with a dynamic journey through American history, placing the Trump presidency alongside earlier turning points involving presidential power, political realignment, economic nationalism, and America’s role in the world. Kennedy will then join Ferguson to analyze those comparisons, explore where the parallels break down, and consider what history can, and cannot, tell us about the America of today.
As America begins its next 250 years, two of Hoover’s leading historians ask what the first 250 can teach us about the moment we are in and what may come next.
