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It was argued that Donald Trump is a product of American history, like other prominent figures, and that many of the country's unresolved historical conflicts, such as abortion, guns and race, continue to fuel division. The book's main argument is that America has always been divided and we are seeing those divisions play out now.
My thesis, Willie, is that Donald Trump is as much a product of American history as John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan or Joe Biden. It's just the history that we tend to forget, misremem...
— Episode: Morning Joe 6/7/24
Episode: Morning Joe 6/7/24
It was argued that Donald Trump is a product of American history, like other prominent figures, and that many of the country's unresolved historical conflicts, such as abortion, guns and race, continue to fuel division. The book's main argument is that America has always been divided and we are seeing those divisions play out now.
My thesis, Willie, is that Donald Trump is as much a product of American history as John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan or Joe Biden. It's just the history that we tend to forget, misremember or deliberately erase.
What it also argues is that you're in this forever war and an ending conflict because so much of that history is unresolved.
You have an unending conflict about abortion.
You have an unending conflict about guns.
You have an unending conflict about race.