Just a day after President Trump made history with his unhinged Easter post on Truth Social — one of the most shocking statements any US president has ever made in public — I spoke with presidential historian Alexis Coe.
We discuss:
how presidents used to launder their insults through the press;
which president was secretly trading enslaved people from the Oval Office (probably not the one you think!);
why so many US politicians are older than anyone who’d ever get hired at a regular job;
how Congress is falling down on the job of reining in the president and policing their own corruption;
the warnings from George Washington’s farewell address that we’ve failed to heed;
… and more. Alexis also left us with some thoughts on how each of us can “just do a little something” in our own communities to start electing more officials who’ll fight for the people and not just their own interests.
Take a listen — I think you’ll come away feeling informed, and even a little encouraged.
