Obama vs. Trump: The Politics of Presidential Legacy and Rollback

In 2008, in what seemed a seminal moment for the country's politics, the United States elected an African American as President. Yet, eight years later, the nation put Donald Trump — the very antithesis of his predecessor — in office. This book determines what can legitimately be regarded as the legacy of the Obama presidency and investigates how far the Trump administration has reversed it. The analysis is embedded in a historical context, based on examination and scrutiny of how, and how ...