Dec 6, 2018
Donald Trump’s presidency has been unsettling to some, often
spurring controversy while testing our country’s political
institutions. Some argue he is at the root of the problem while
others say he is simply a symptom of an already broken system. To
unravel this a bit more and to offer possible ways out, Greg
Sargent of the Washington Post’s Plum Line Blog joins this episode
of Politics & Polls with Julian Zelizer and Sam Wang. Sargent has
written a new book on the subject, “An Uncivil War: Taking Back Our
Democracy in an Age of Trumpian Disinformation and Thunderdome
Politics.” Sargent is an opinion writer covering national politics
at the Washington Post. Previously, he wrote for New York magazine,
the New York Observer, Talking Points Memo and numerous political
websites. He lives in Maryland with his family.