Janet Steele, Professor of Journalism, George Washington University (Washington D.C.)

09-Nov-20 14:30

 

Donald Trump joined a relatively small club on Saturday (Nov 7): American presidents who failed to get re-elected for a second term in office. We look at Trump’s and other one-term U.S. presidents’ legacies, and discuss what we can learn about democracy and serving a nation’s mandate.

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