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… Donald Trump’s presidency is premised on being unprecedented, on smashing … For the Miller Center, a research center that studies the presidency , the Trump administration could be the best of … constrain, or even comfort a predictably unpredictable president. The Miller Center sees its role as providing …
Donald Trump’s presidency is premised on being unprecedented, on smashing conventions. Trump seems eager to break gridlock, defy history, and embrace spontaneity and originality. Many Americans voted for him for that reason. At least as many Americans fear his no-holds-barred approach.
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… President Kennedy solicits Willard Wirtz as Secretary of … President Kennedy's Job Offer to Willard Wirtz …
Presidential Speeches
… President Joe Biden addresses the American public from the … Office a day after an attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. He urges people to remember that we … THE PRESIDENT: My fellow Americans, I want to speak to you … 2024: Remarks after the Attempted Assassination of Former President Trump …
Presidential Speeches
… After winning reelection, President Nixon thanks his supporters and highlights the … November 7, 1972: Remarks on Being Reelected to the Presidency …
Public Events
… The unprecedented nature of the Trump presidency has focused attention on the importance of … What happens when a president shatters norms? …
Presidential Biographies
… Buren, born on December 5, 1782, was the first American President not born a British subject. Van Buren's non-British … of the Treasury William Crawford of Georgia for the presidency largely because Crawford shared his Jeffersonian … Martin Van Buren: Life Before the Presidency …
Presidential Biographies
… clients. Not even the fact that his father was now vice president of the United States seemed to help. When not … as John Quincy's law career was beginning to make headway, President George Washington, appreciative of the young … John Quincy Adams: Life Before the Presidency …
Presidential Biographies
… and still hoping to be politically engaged, the former President promptly agreed—over his family's objections—when … as congressmen turned their attention to the former President. In 1841, Adams argued successfully before the U.S. … John Quincy Adams: Life After the Presidency …
Presidential Biographies
… James K. Polk of Tennessee, who had the blessing of former President Jackson to boot. Although disappointed at his … easy relations between Polk and Van Buren. The former President and his allies believed that Polk owed his election … Martin Van Buren: Life After the Presidency …
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… of this story appears at the Atlantic . What did the president say? And how did he say it? These riffs on the … that, presumably, had been long abandoned by American presidents—and, given its impact on Richard Nixon, for good … American presidents have long recorded their conversations …
FDR, Richard Nixon, and others in between generated thousands of hours of audio from meetings and telephone calls. Is Donald Trump doing the same?
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… than 15 months out from Inauguration Day, various would-be presidents have already begun making bold “first day” … Ted Cruz plans to roll back executive actions taken by President Barack Obama, investigate Planned Parenthood and … The next president's make-or-break first year …
The Miller Center’s William Antholis examines presidential candidates’ “first day” promises. Will any hold up?
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… As judicial cases involving former President Donald Trump inevitably hurtle toward the U.S. … to hear. Their predecessors’ votes countering appointing presidents’ interests offer current justices examples of how … Supreme Court justices have voted against their appointing presidents …
Would Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominees vote against him? History suggests yes, writes Barbara Perry
Presidential Recordings
… Telephone Conversation with Former President Dwight Eisenhower …
Presidential Recordings
… Discussion between President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy …
Presidential Recordings
… Meeting with the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board …
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… and covered by a plastic dome. On this day for celebrating presidents, when Americans no longer see their chief … as heroic, it might be appropriate to remember those presidents who revealed strength of character in combat. With … Have you heard about the coconut that saved a president? …
After an agonizing journey stranded at sea, a young John F. Kennedy carved an SOS message into the husk.
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… The director of the Miller Center reflects on the next presidency … For the Miller Center, a research center that studies the presidency, the Trump administration could be the best of … constrain, or even comfort a predictably unpredictable president. The Miller Center sees its role as providing …
The director of the Miller Center reflects on the next presidency
Presidential Speeches
… President Harrison delivers a short address honoring President Garfield at the dedication ceremony for the … Congress illustrious. What he might have been or done as President of the United States is chiefly left to friendly … May 30, 1890: Address Honoring President Garfield …
Presidential Speeches
… Theodore Roosevelt announces the death of President McKinley. … By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation To … A terrible bereavement has befallen our people. The President of the United States has been struck down; a crime … September 14, 1901: Announcement of the Death of President McKinley …
Presidential Speeches
… to travel to North Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Cuba. The President then answers questions regarding human rights, … THE PRESIDENT. Good morning. I have two brief statements to make, … March 9, 1977: Remarks at President Carter's Press Conference …