Historian Douglas Brinkley on Presidential Power Plays Then and Now

17 Feb 2025 • 22 min • EN
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With the word 'unprecedented' often used to describe President Trump's approach to executive power, we look at his first few actions in historical context. On Today's Show: On Presidents Day, as our centennial series continues, Douglas Brinkley, professor of history at Rice University, a CNN Presidential Historian, and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, talks about the history of U.S. presidents and their exercise of executive power and how President Trump's actions compare.

From "Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast"

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