Will Donald Trump Be the Peacenik President? Was He Elected Dictator? And What's the Deal with Thanksgiving?
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In recent podcasts, we've talked with "renegade" historian Thaddeus Russell about why he thinks Donald Trump will be a "peacenik president," one less likely to indiscriminately bomb random countries (though Russell says Trump will be awful in the Middle East).
And we've talked with food historian Rachel Laudan about the origins of Thanksgiving as a uniquely American meal designed to give the finger to European elites.
And we talked with libertarian Republican Rep. Thomas Massie about how Trump wasn't elected dictator and it's well past time for Congress to assert its role as the first branch of government.
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