Letters from an American

Gilding the Capital

May 5, 2026·14 min·5-min readnarrativenews
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This episode of 'Letters from an American' details a disturbing series of AI-generated posts by President Donald Trump on social media, revealing a pattern of self-aggrandizement, racial incitement, and erratic foreign policy decisions that reflect a presidency increasingly detached from

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People

Donald TrumpHeather Cox RichardsonHakeem JeffriesJames ComeyTodd BlancheVladimir PutinTimothy Snyder

Books

Letters from an Americanby Heather Cox Richardson

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Amazon

Topics

AuthoritarianismCriminal JusticeDemocracyForeign PolicyPolitical NewsRacial JusticeUs Politics

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