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Trump's Air Force One Attack on History and Media

5/6/2025

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Donald Trump unleashed a scathing attack on the Wall Street Journal, branding it a "rotten newspaper" while flying aboard Air Force One. Meanwhile, historians are alarmed by his efforts to rewrite U.S. history narratives as the nation approaches its 250th anniversary, dubbing him a "restorationist" intent on glorifying a sanitized version of America’s past.

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Donald Trump unleashed a scathing attack on the Wall Street Journal, branding it a "rotten newspaper" while flying aboard Air Force One. Meanwhile, historians are alarmed by his efforts to rewrite U.S. history narratives as the nation approaches its 250th anniversary, dubbing him a "restorationist" intent on glorifying a sanitized version of America’s past.