Donald Trump

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• SOURCE: TIME
  6/2/2020
  

  Trump Declared Himself the 'President of Law and Order.' Here's What People Get Wrong About the Origins of That Idea

  Historian Elizabeth Hinton's research suggests that this platform truly took hold under the Johnson administration.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/1/2020
  

  Five Reasons ‘Law and Order’ Rhetoric Might not Work as Well in 2020 as in 1968

  by Max Boot

  The “Southern strategy” could work again this year, but there are at least five reasons to believe it might not be as potent as in the past.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  5/31/2020
  

  What Trump and Toxic Cops Have in Common

  It’s us versus them.

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• SOURCE: Independent
  5/30/2020
  

  If Trump Is Caligula, There Could Be Some Unexpected Benefits

  How the story of a Roman emperor planning to appoint his horse as consul relates to the Trump administration, with input from historian Aloys Winterling.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/2/2020
  

  Law And Order Won’t Help Trump Win Reelection

  by Kevin M. Kruse

  The call for “law and order” is a complaint that those tasked with upholding the law and maintaining order have failed at the job and need to be replaced.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  6/2/2020
  

  You Can’t Be the ‘President of Law and Order’ if You Thrive on Chaos

  by Jamelle Bouie

  We should be aware of the past — we should understand the processes that produced our world — but it shouldn’t be a substitute for thinking. We are not them, and now is not then.

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• SOURCE: CBS News
  5/29/2020
  

  Historian on White House Response to COVID: "Clearly, They Have Not Told the Truth"

  Historian John Barry, who studied the influenza outbreak of 1918, evaluates the current administration's handling of COVID-19.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/31/2020
  

  This Election Isn't 1968 or 1992 or 2016

  Richard Nixon won by portraying himself as a unifier against an out-of-control left; Bill Clinton won reelection by carefully navigating the politics of crime and unrest. There is nothing very careful, yet, about what we've seen from this president.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  5/29/2020
  

  The History Behind 'When The Looting Starts, The Shooting Starts'

  Donald Trump claimed to be ignorant of the origins of a phrase he tweeted warning of violent consequences for looters.

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• 5/31/2020
  

  Trump and the Puritans

  by Martyn Whittock

  No one would ever call Donald Trump a Puritan. But the 17th century religious movement is a foundation of Trump's America.

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• 5/31/2020
  

  Ways that Donald Trump is Just Like Henry Ford, And Why That’s Not Good for American Democracy

  by Victoria Woeste

  Trump's comments praising Henry Ford's "bloodline" are no coincidence. Both men used the American cult of the businessman to amass power and wealth while championing the idea of racial hierarchy.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/27/2020
  

  President Trump’s Demand for a Full Arena Reveals that Party Conventions Still Matter

  by Laura Ellyn Smith

  The president's insistence on holding an in-person convention reflects not only his own love of large crowds but the significance of conventions as political events that let the voting public see the stakes of the election.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/28/2020
  

  Trump Keeps Taking Pages From Joe McCarthy’s Playbook

  by Larry Tye

  Anyone hoping the recency of Trump's conversion to Republicanism and conservatism might allow him to govern productively with Democrats should heed the example of Joseph McCarthy, who similary rebranded himself a conservative. Neither moderated because their political survival depended on extremism.

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• SOURCE: ArtNet News
  5/19/2020
  

  In a Sign of a Divided America, President Trump Will Not Unveil Barack Obama’s New Portrait in the White House Anytime Soon

  Portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama will likely not be installed at the White House until Trump is out of office.

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• SOURCE: The Hill
  5/24/2020
  

  The Memo: Trump Agenda Rolls On Amid Pandemic

  Historian Julian Zelizer predicts Trump will continue to play to his base as the campaign heats up; the risk is that he'll fail to connect beyond that base.

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• 5/24/2020
  

  Pandemic, Pandering and Prejudice: Trump's Effort to Weaponize Xenophobia

  by James D. Zirin

  Blaming China and threatening reprisals is not going to save any lives. It won’t open up the country any sooner. It won’t create a single job. But it might just get Trump re-elected--at least he thinks so.

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• 5/24/2020
  

  No More Business as Usual! It’s Time for Joe Biden to Defend our Democracy

  by Claudia Koonz

  A historian of European dictatorship argues that Joe Biden must recognize that not just the election but the health of democracy is at stake and challenge the administration's efforts to operate above the law.

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• SOURCE: Independent
  5/21/2020
  

  'Good Bloodlines!' Trump Praises Henry Ford, Motor Pioneer whose Antisemitism was Admired by Hitler

  The president also refused to wear face coverings for the entirety of his visit despite being urged by the company to do so.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  5/20/2020
  

  Trump's Snub Over Obama Portrait is Part of a Plan

  Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates weighs in on Trump's consistent antipathy towards Barack Obama.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  5/16/2020
  

  Sorry, Abe Lincoln Is Not on the Ballot

  Historian David W. Blight contextualizes the use of Lincoln, and other not-so-popular presidents, in modern political discourse.