Trump’s Behavior Altering Views of Presidential History: New at Reason

Any president can change the future. Donald Trump stands out for his ability to change the past, without even trying.

He’s already altered perceptions of what happened in America decades and centuries ago. We know that because of a new survey of presidential historians conducted by C-SPAN, asking them to rank presidents on various attributes and overall performance.

The latest scorecard, which included responses from 91 historians, is similar in most respects to those compiled in C-SPAN’s first two, in 2000 and 2009. But it holds some surprises that suggest that things look different with Trump in the picture. Steve Chapman explains

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