“Totalitarianism demands … the continuous alteration of the past, and in the long run probably demands a disbelief in the very existence of objective truth,” said George Orwell. So, too, does Trumpism, which has tried to re-write US history.
Nick Bryant.
As America marks its 250th birthday, Trump not only wants to render history glorious, he wants it to be vainglorious. The White House is also whitewashing US history. A weekend essay on Trump’s assault on history:
open.substack.com/pub/historyn...
