Trump's second term even more than his first is often called 'unprecedented'. But history
shows that Trump and his policies are as American as apple pie... 'A well argued and elegant
answer to the question how did America get to this place? ... The ideal antidote to the
coarseness of the times.' Justin Webb presenter of Americast 'Pithy entertaining and
informative . . . Stourton makes a persuasive case that Trump is a logical outcome of American
history' Guardian Much of what Donald Trump does seems maverick and even mad. His actions and
policy pronouncements are a stark rupture from the American style of leadership that we have
lived with all our lives. But whether we like them or not his trade tariffs his determination
to deport tens of thousands of people and his apparent contempt for the rule of law are deeply
rooted in American history. Since Donald Trump took office plenty of people - on both sides of
the Atlantic - have argued that he will destroy his country's democracy. Made in America shows
how the ideal of liberty has been tested in past generations from the first intolerant
Pilgrims to the brutal invasion of Mexico revealing the dark side of the American Dream in
order to offer urgent lessons to our turbulent present.
