Donald Trump and the Future of the Presidency

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President Donald Trump (Wikimedia commons)(9/17/2026) On September 24 I will present the concluding lecture in a four-part series on "The History of the Presidency" at Coe College. The history ones were easy, because "hindsight is 20/20." The present and future of the presidency are complicated, so the concluding talk needs some sorting out, which I will try your patience by attempting to do here.Donald Trump turned 80 this summer, and given his age, physical condition, and public approval in the mid-to-upper 30s, his time in the White House is likely to be over in a little over two years. Even...