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There are two contemporary narratives of the Trump era. According to one, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, is a right-wing autocrat who aspires to end the American republic. According to the other, he is saving the republic from left-wing extremism. Which version is more accurate? Sir Niall Ferguson, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, explores this question.
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Donald Trump: The MAGA President
Presented by Niall Ferguson,
One day in the future, historians will be struck by the contrast between two contemporary narratives of the Trump era.
According to one narrative, the forty-fifth and forty-seventh president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, was a modern-day Caesar—an autocrat who, by ignoring constitutional constraints, aspired to end the American republic.
According to the other narrative, this same man was a courageous tribune of the people who, by taking on corrupt and predatory elites, saved the republic.
Which version is right?
Let’s find out.
Donald Trump was born on June 14, 1946, in Queens, New York City, the son of a successful real estate developer.
After graduating from the Wharton School, Trump joined the family firm. A high-stakes risk-taker, Trump’s towers, casinos, and resorts generated remarkable quantities of cash, debt, and litigation, not to mention publicity.
In 2004, the risk-taker gambled on a second career—as the host of the “reality” TV show The Apprentice. It made Trump a star.
But it was his third career as a politician that ultimately made Trump the most famous person in the world.
On June 16, 2015, Trump announced that he was seeking the
