The Trump Legacy – How will the Felon President fit into the Republican story?

This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

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News, Society & Culture, Politics

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🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Whether Trump wins the Presidential Election or not, his dark place in American history is assured. He’s not just the first former or sitting President to be convicted of criminal activity, and the first to attempt to overturn an election. He has changed the Republican Party and its voter base deeply and possibly irrevocably. How will Trump be remembered? Gavin Esler asks Boston College professor of American History Heather Cox-Richardson what Trump has done to the Republican Party – whether a Trump win really means the end of democracy in the US – and what comes after he has vacated the scene. Support This Is Not A Drill on Patreon to get early episodes, merchandise and more. Written and presented by Gavin Esler. Produced by Robin Leeburn. Original theme music by Paul Hartnoll – https://www.orbitalofficial.com. Executive Producer Martin Bojtos. Group Editor Andrew Harrison. This Is Not A Drill is a Podmasters production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.9	producer Robin here thanks for tuning in to this week's episode of This Is Not a Drill.
0:34.1	Just a note before we begin, our interview today was recorded before the verdict in the Trump
0:38.3	hush money trial. Now on with the shape. whatever happens in this year's U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump is assured a place in American history.
0:55.1	He is unique and not in a good way.
0:58.3	So we're going to show them that, oh we're going to fight. It's actually, I don't know, it's something where I'm wired in such a way that a lot of people
1:09.8	would have gone away a long time ago. They would have gone away after Peachman hoax number one. That was a total hoax. And it's really something. So we're going to be appealing this.
1:20.1	Most obviously, Trump is the first former or serving president of the United States of America to be convicted of a crime.
1:27.0	Alone among US presidents, Trump twice faced impeachment proceedings for high crimes and misdemeanors. Twice he was
1:35.0	was acquitted by the Senate, in which there was a majority for his Republican Party,
1:40.0	a party which has seen considerable Trump-inspired turmoil.
1:44.4	Donald Trump made history again by refusing to accept the clear verdict of American voters
1:49.8	in 2020.
1:51.4	He claimed the presidency was stolen by Joe Biden, a fact-free claim that inspired
1:56.7	the Capitol Hill Riot of January 2021.
2:00.9	Now in 2024 he is running again for the presidency he will go to the Republican
2:06.3	Convention in July expecting to be formally confirmed as their nominee for the
2:11.9	presidency just days after sentencing, following the New York
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