The Legacy of the Trump Administration: A Disruptive Presidency

This book analyzes the legacy of the first Trump administration on a variety of different fronts. Whether it was the extensive use of Twitter, the tendency to express controversial, and often dubious views, or to even slander foreign leaders, Trump was a disruptive president. The presidency of Donald Trump raises questions for political scientists and researchers. How consequential was he? While he garnered much attention both in and out of the White House, how much of his legacy remains? The authors in this book address these questions with essays that cover an array of issues related to his tenure in office, and the years since. The chapters provide a broad analysis of the legacy of the Trump presidency, focusing on all aspects of his presidency and representing multiple perspectives across the partisan and disciplinary divides. Additionally, the contributions in this book aim to (re-)assess the Trump legacy in light of the subsequent efforts by his successor to undo much of the policies embraced by and implemented during the Trump years.

Michael Grossman is a professor of International Affairs and National Security at the University Of Mount Union and a senior scholar at Strategy International.

Francis Schortgen is the associate dean of Faculty at the University of Utah (Asia Campus) in Incheon, South Korea, and a senior scholar at Strategy International.

Ronald Eric Matthews, Jr. is a visiting assistant professor at Thiel College in Greenville. PA. His recent publications include Achievements and Legacy of the Obama Presidency (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022).

David B. Cohen is a professor of political science, Director of the Applied Politics Program, and Fellow of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at The University of Akron.