The fight against Trump's 'war on history'
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.2 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Blight says President Donald Trump is attacking American history and scholarship for political ends. Blight says it’s time for historians to fight back.
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