How a Difficult, Racist, Stubborn President Was Removed From Power--If Not From Office

by David Priess

The president of the United States was a racist. He routinely called blacks inferior. He stated that no matter how much progress they made, they must remain so. He called critics disloyal, even treasonous. He threw insults during public speeches. He ignored answers he didn’t like. He regularly put other people into positions they didn’t want to be in, then blamed them when things went sour. His own bodyguard later called him “destined to conflict,” a man who “found it impossible to conciliate or temporize.” (Sound familiar?)