Donald Trump: The MAGA President | Niall Ferguson

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🗓️ 27 October 2025

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There are two contemporary narratives of the Trump era. According to one, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, is a right-wing autocrat who aspires to end the American republic. According to the other, he is saving the republic from left-wing extremism. Which version is more accurate? Sir Niall Ferguson, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, explores this question. Get all our content ad-free on PragerU.com or download the PragerU app: https://l.prageru.com/45GvWlu Follow PragerU on social media: YouTube Instagram X/Twitter Facebook Rumble Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.3	One day in the future, historians will be struck by the contrasts between two contemporary
0:36.3	narratives of the Trump era.
0:39.3	According to one narrative, the 45th and 47th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump,
0:45.3	was a modern-day Caesar, an autocrat, who, by ignoring constitutional constraints, aspired to end the American Republic.
0:53.3	According to the other narrative, this same man was a courageous tribute. constraints aspired to end the American Republic.
0:59.1	According to the other narrative, this same man was a courageous Tribune of the People,
1:03.5	who, by taking on corrupt and predatory elites, saved the Republic.
1:06.1	Which version is right?
1:07.5	Let's find out.
1:14.7	Donald Trump was born on June 14, 1946, in Queens, New York City, the son of a successful real estate developer.
1:17.0	After graduating from the Wharton School, Trump joined the family firm.
1:21.6	A high-stakes risk-taker, Trump's towers, casinos, and resorts generated remarkable quantities of cash, debt, and litigation,
1:31.1	not to mention publicity.
1:33.6	In 2004, the risk-taker gambled on a second career as the host of the reality TV show The Apprentice.
1:41.2	It made Trump a star.
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