There is one key through-line from America’s worst presidents — straight to Trump

There is one key through-line from America’s worst presidents — straight to Trump

The rising talk of a new “civil war” is a bad sign for the stability of the United States. It’s happening, political scientist Julia Azari argues, in a moment when the country lacks “a national stabilizing force, particularly in the presidency,” and is seeing the naked use of state power. Speaking to The New York Times, she said an actual war may not be imminent, but Americans are increasingly seeing politics through that lens, particularly afte…