How Trump Happened
How Trump happened is a question a lot of people ask. From an aggressive foreign policy to an immigration crackdown to cutting Medicaid to tax breaks for the super-rich to undermining environmental regulations and much more. Where did these policies originate? A good place to start is Project 2025. It’s a detailed 900+ page agenda designed to reshape the government, specifically focusing on expanding executive power and implementing conservative policies across federal agencies. Organized by the right-wing Heritage Foundation, Project 2025 is a road map for this administration. Its policies have generated pushback. Recent polls show rising opposition. David Brooks, the noted PBS conservative commentator, says of Trump, “This is the most imperial presidency in American history.”
Recorded at Macalester College.
Speaker
Gerald Horne
Gerald Horne is Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. He specializes in the intersection of race, class, and power, with a focus on anti-colonialism and imperialism. Cornel West calls him “one of the great historians of our time.” He is the recipient of the American Book Award and the Frantz Fanon Lifetime Achievement Award. A prolific author, among his many books are Confronting Black Jacobins and The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism.
Keith Fletcher –
One of the most enlightening things I’ve ever heard. No wonder the imperialist corporate fascists want to destroy education, and critical race, etc. Thanks. Perhaps if this was common knowledge we would not be living in this dystopian world.
Anne Louise –
Grateful for honesty and clarity.