Donald Trump

What the election of 2016 should mean for the future of studying the past.

His hands-off approach to policy-making and moral leadership hearkens back to much earlier times.

The political theory of Trumpism.

Rewatching “The Apprentice,” the show that made his Presidency possible.

Ever wonder how a lifelong urbanite can resent cities as much as Donald Trump does? First you have to understand ’70s and ’80s New York.

President Trump is by no means off the mark to call attention to Andrew Jackson as a precursor. The analogy, however, is not necessarily flattering.

New findings explain how Trump won them over—and why he probably wouldn’t next time.

Why the president, who appears allergic to the logic of bureaucracy, keeps getting defeated by that humblest of technologies, the office memorandum.

A new biography of Andrew Jackson recounts a bloody history, and reveals disturbing parallels between the 1830s and the Trump era.

How the post-racial revolution became a whitewash.

In the 19th century, Jackson broadened the electorate, but the self-righteousness of some Democrats impedes their efforts to do the same.

It’s a match made in heaven.

Experts weigh in on how historians of the future may assess President Trump's achievements after his first 100 days in office.

Writers like Rick Perlstein miss the ways in which Trump’s rise is a story of discontinuity.

Remembering the switchboard operator who listened in on Cohn’s calls with Nancy Reagan, Gloria Vanderbilt, Carlo Gambino, and Trump.

It has stifled suffrage, blamed immigrants for chaos, and suppressed civil rights. It's also how Donald Trump views the entire world.

The president deserves the Jackson legacy, but not for the reasons he'd like.

Twenty-one historians explain which moments in history are closest to the Trump election - and what we can learn.

How America's persistent preference for brash boys over "sivilizing" women fueled the candidacy of Donald Trump.

An introduction to the currents of American culture that led to "Trumpism.'