Historians alarmed as Trump seeks to rewrite US story for 250th anniversary
by Robert Tait in Washington from World news | The Guardian on (#6X226)
Ignorance no barrier as president begins to put out approved version of history that ignores American failures
Donald Trump, it could be said, takes a breezy, Sam Cooke style approach to history.
Like the legendary king of soul" in his 1960 hit Wonderful World, the US president has admitted to not knowing much about historical events or figures of the past - even when faced with authorities on the subject.
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