"Historians alarmed as Trump seeks to rewrite US story for 250th anniversary
"He is not now and never has been a student of history, but is basically a restorationist," said Jonathan Alter, a historian and biographer of several US presidents, including Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama and Franklin Roosevelt.
Alter described a "restorationist" as a "political figure who operates on the politics of nostalgia".
"He's ignorant of economic history, he's ignorant of political history. And his idea for the 250 is to use it as a way to celebrate him," Alter added. "We don't know yet exactly how he'll hijack that event next year, but he will certainly try to do so."
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"As a first step, Trump's order established himself chair of a White House taskforce 250 and vowed a "grand celebration" to mark the country's 250th birthday on 4 July 2026 and "other actions to honor the history of our great nation".
One of those was under way last month when the first of a series of short videos, entitled "The Story of America", was posted on the White House 250 website. The videos were produced in partnership with Hillsdale College, a conservative Christian institution in Michigan."
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article has a good description of the Project Plan to, um, 'restore' US History.
