Donald Trump

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• SOURCE: Made
  7/16/2021
  

  A Hitler-Style Seizure of Power Was Never in Trump's Reach

  by Waitman Wade Beorn

  A historian of the German military under Nazism argues that Trump lacked the ability to recruit the military to his side the way that Hitler did, and the US faces greater danger from extremist paramilitaries or civil attempts to subvert democracy than from a military coup.

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• 7/18/2021
  

  Trump Cheated on His Taxes. What Happens Now?

  by James D. Zirin

  "When I was a federal prosecutor going after white collar criminals, I always looked for the accountant. He was the most likely witness for the government."

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  7/13/2021
  

  David Frum: There’s a Word for What Trumpism Is Becoming

  "Why do people sign up with the putschists after the putsch has failed? They’re betting that the failed putsch is not the past—it’s the future."

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• SOURCE: Dissent
  7/12/2021
  

  What Was the Fascism Debate?

  by Udi Greenberg

  What are the stakes in the academic debate over whether the Trump administration was fascist? 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  7/9/2021
  

  Donald Trump has Blurred the Line Between Populism and Fascism in a Dangerous Way

  by Federico Finchelstein

  A number of right populist leaders in the post-World War II era kept power by embracing democratic elections. Donald Trump is pushing a return to authoritarian politics that rejects democracy. 

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• SOURCE: The Bulwark
  7/6/2021
  

  The Paradox of Trumpist Patriotism: You Love America, but Hate Most Americans

  by Joshua Tait

  "The paradox of the most ardent patriots being angriest at the state of their own country is a version of the conservative dilemma."

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/7/2021
  

  Too Many are Still Underestimating the Trump Threat

  by Max Boot

  "What has made dictators and demagogues so dangerous is their ability to pull vast numbers of people into their personal delusions — to turn their paranoid fantasies and megalomaniacal dreams into a harsh reality for millions."

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• 5/30/2021
  

  Politics Aside, Was Trump Even an Effective Leader?

  by George C. Edwards III

  Trump's supposed dealmaking genius amounted to playing to his base to the detriment of any policy agenda. 

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• 5/30/2021
  

  The Post-Trump GOP: Rebirth or Stillbirth?

  by Michael A. Genovese

  The Republicans are betting that sticking with Trump's MAGA posture will usher in a political realignment with a broader GOP base. History shows that with anger and resentment standing in for a substantive policy agenda that meets the challenges of the times such a realignment is unlikely.

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• SOURCE: Politico
  5/25/2021
  

  Trump Teams Up with Newt for New Contract With America

  If Newt Gingrich is to be belived, the Republicans hope to win back Congressional majorities by focusing on culture war grudges that involve historians –particularly targeting the teaching of critical perspectives on American racism. 

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• 5/23/2021
  

  Cultures of Resentment among the Hitlerites and Trumpers

  by Walter G. Moss

  Recent essays have begun the work of understanding the resentments of Trump supporters. If this movement is to be stopped, proponents of liberal democracy need to address some of them, without necessarily condoning their motivations.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  5/18/2021
  

  Nicole Hemmer on the GOP's Shrinking Tent

  Historian of conservatism Nicole Hemmer joins Ezra Klein's podcast to discuss precedent for the Republican Party's tilt toward extremism. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  5/12/2021
  

  House Republicans’ Leadership Fight Signals A New Direction

  by Zack C. Smith

  Intramural leadership fights in Congress are nothing new; a battle for Republican leadership that began with the Reagan Revolution led ove a decade to a party committed to confrontation. It remains to be seen what the fallout will be from today's purge of Liz Cheney from the Republican House leadership. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/10/2021
  

  Think Republicans in Washington are Bad? They’re Far Worse at the State Level

  by Max Boot

  The states have been called "laboratories of democracy." Max Boot warns that Dr. Frankenstein also ran a lab. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  5/5/2021
  

  Why Trump Still Has Millions of Americans in His Grip

  Columnist Thomas Edsall surveys recent research about the past and future economic impact of automation and artificial intelligence and concludes that Democratic elites have a short time left to get ahead of cataclysmic changes in employment or else the Trump phenomenon will only be a preview of political rage. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  4/19/2021
  

  The Two Memos With Enormous Constitutional Consequences

  by Kimberly Wehle

  "Presidential criminal immunity has no grounding in actual law. It’s not in the Constitution or any federal statute, regulation, or judicial decision. It is not law at all."

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  4/14/2021
  

  Trump, Defying Custom, Hasn’t Given the National Archives Records of His Speeches at Political Rallies

  by Shannon Bow O'Brien

  "Until President Trump, there have been no missing public speeches in the permanent collection. By removing these speeches, Trump is creating a false perception of his presidency, making it look more serious and traditional."

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• 4/11/2021
  

  A Reason Republicans May Not Wish to Proclaim Themselves the Party of Lincoln

  by Tim Lynch

  The fledgling Republican Party needed to expand its appeal beyond its antislavery position, which remained its greatest asset and liability through the end of the Civil War. The party risks national ruin if it becomes the party of Trump and his Big Lie about the 2020 election results.

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• 4/11/2021
  

  Political Precedent for the Trump Cult of Personality

  by Donne Levy

  Their differences in character and personality should not obscure similarities between Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. Both men's ability to flout the truth and survive serious scandals, plus their dalliances with white racism, make their political careers resemble cults of personality.

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• 3/28/2021
  

  Is History Ready to Judge the Trump Presidency?

  by Samuel (Shenger) Zhou

  Understandings of presidential success and failure might have to be revised for Donald Trump; while Trump failed to win reelection, his media tactics will allow him, unlike the previous Republican president George W. Bush, to retain control of his party and remain a national force even out of office. Is this the future of the presidency?