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Was America Waiting for a “Trump?”
May 1, 2026
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Did problems in America’s political system pave the way for Donald Trump? Heather Cox Richardson, author of the newsletter Letters from an American, tells Vox’s Astead Herndon that the system isn’t inherently broken, but missed opportunities after the 1960s, creating fertile ground for the conservative right to reshape the national narrative. Listen to the full episode here on YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts, on Saturday.
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