Trump is just one chapter of bad fiction in America's history, White House press dinner told

‘When you chip away at the press, you chip away at our democracy’, Pulitzer-winning historian Ron Chernow tells Trump-free event As Donald ... thumbnail 1 summary

‘When you chip away at the press, you chip away at our democracy’, Pulitzer-winning historian Ron Chernow tells Trump-free event

As Donald Trump flailed his arms and railed against the media at a raucous campaign rally on Saturday night, a Pulitzer prize-winning historian delivered an elegantly scathing rebuke at the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) annual dinner.

America the split screen nation – so evident in polarised reactions to special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian election interference – was on vivid display again in two speeches.

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