Douglas Brinkley - CNN Presidential Historian
Douglas Brinkley
CNN Presidential Historian
Douglas Brinkley is CNN's Presidential Historian, a professor of history at Rice University and author of many books.
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• Video 1:19Video Historian on Trump’s legacy: He’s an ‘asterisk president’ 1:19Jan 16, 2021CNN’s presidential historian Douglas Brinkley talks about what President Donald Trump’s legacy will be once he leaves office, and how the riots at the US Capitol have affected that legacy. -
• Video 2:35Video Historian on pardons: Trump emptying jails of his corrupt cronies 2:35Dec 26, 2020CNN presidential historian Douglas Brinkley and legal analyst Elliot Williams react to President Donald Trump’s string of controversial pardons. -
• Video 2:22Video ‘What an utterly terrible idea’: Historian reacts to Trump 2:22Aug 11, 2020Douglas Brinkley, presidential historian and professor, reacts to President Donald Trump saying he will deliver his convention speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination from either the site of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania or the White House in Washington, DC. -
• Video 2:31Video Wolf Blitzer blasts ‘ridiculous’ RNC decision 2:31Aug 2, 2020CNN’s Wolf Blitzer discusses news that the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, will be closed to the press with presidential historian Douglas Brinkley and global affairs analyst Susan Glasser. -
Sorry, Donald Trump: The 2020 presidential election is onJul 30, 2020Historian Douglas Brinkley writes that our country has gone through many crises, including some worse than the Covid-19 pandemic, and has always been able to conduct presidential elections on time. President Donald Trump’s suggestion of delaying the election should be repudiated by patriotic lawmakers. -
• Video 2:16Video Historian: Trump is going to be a George Wallace candidate 2:16Jun 21, 2020CNN’s Gloria Borger and presidential historian Douglas Brinkley discuss past presidential campaigns that President Donald Trump attempted to emulate during his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma. -
• Video 3:44Video Roberts to likely follow Rehnquist model in Senate trial 3:44Dec 2, 2019CNN presidential historian Douglas Brinkley discusses. -
• Video 3:46Video ‘From Birth of a Nation’ to ‘Send Her Back’: Division and demagoguery in American politics 3:46Jul 18, 2019CNN presidential historian Douglas Brinkley discusses with Jake Tapper. -
• Video 3:50Video Historian: Trump reaching for cheap laughs with tweet 3:50Feb 11, 2019Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley responds to President Donald Trump’s tweet that appeared to be mocking a reference to the Trail of Tears, the forced relocation of thousands of Native Americans which led to thousands of deaths, and a subsequent post by Donald Trump Jr. online. -
• Video 1:30Video Panelist: Flynn and Kushner were a team 1:30Dec 5, 2018CNN contributor Douglas Brinkley says Jared Kushner, senior adviser to President Trump, should be concerned about special counsel Robert Mueller’s court filing that stated former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn gave “substantial evidence” to the Russia investigation. -
• Video 2:07Video Historian: This is ‘Friday Night Slaughter’ 2:07Mar 17, 2018CNN presidential historian Douglas Brinkley compares the firing of former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe to former President Richard Nixon’s “Saturday Night Massacre.” -
• Video 5:12Video WH blames president’s unpopularity on the media 5:12Dec 19, 2017Two presidential experts weigh in on whether or how the tax bill will help the president. -
• Video 3:36Video Both Bush and Obama obliquely assail Trumpism 3:36Oct 20, 2017Presidential scholar Douglas Brinkley on unusual criticism of President Trump by his predecessors. -
• Video 4:15Video Brinkley previews The Reagan Show 4:15Sep 4, 2017CNN’s presidential historian Douglas Brinkley discusses the similarities and differences between Reagan and Trump. -
Brinkley: What Houston could learn from KatrinaAug 28, 2017Flooded areas in Houston can’t wait for DC support. Texans with boats need to spring into civic-minded action and make a People’s Navy to save their fellow Houstonians–right now, writes Douglas Brinkley. -
Are we letting our national parks go to ruin?Aug 23, 2016As the National Park Service turns 100 this year, Congress should spend the funds to care for this popular national treasure, says historian Douglas Brinkley.
