Subverting the Republic: Donald J. Trump and the Perils of Presidentialism

by Sidney M. Milkis and Nicholas Jacobs

Book Overview

From two expert presidential scholars comes a new answer to why the Trump presidency happened: decades of partisanship and policies have centered the president as the sole focus of American government to create a treacherous system whose danger may far outlive the politics of Donald J. Trump.

The election of Donald J. Trump on November 6, 2016, changed how we understand the American presidency--but this transformation was not of his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700638903
• ISBN13: 9780700638901
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 328 Pages