Professor of lauper he served in all three branches of the federal government to the Justice Department office of legal counsel, and the Senate Judiciary committee and Justice Clarence thomas prayed the previous books include crisis and command a history of executive power from George Washington to george w. Bush. His newest book the subject of todays discussion is titled defend her in chief, Donald Trumps fight for president ial power. John thanks for joining us today. Spivey entrance. Guest thanks adam and thank you its hard to believe ive been a scholar here for almost 20 years. I think im one of the oldest people on the staff. Its great to be here again to talk about a book and it would not be possible without having relationships like those i have aei. So terrific lets jump into the book. The end of the books introduction you summarize the overall argument and theme of the book. You say that President Trump has returned to the framers original vision of the presidency as an office
History center website. As lisa and i are talking can please submit your question you can use the q a feature at the bottom of your screen. I will try to integrate as many as i possibly can as time allows. We will be broadcasting excerpts of the interview on on Second Thought this friday. You will hear me do bid to keep consistent sound while we are going. Im so excited to speak with lisa napoli, who got her first journalism job at cnn after interning at cnn new york and dc bureaus as a teenager. Shes a reporter for the new york times, marketplace msnbc and many other outlets stop shes the author of two previous books radio shangrila and ray and joan, thats about the man who made the mcdonalds fortune and the woman who gave it all away. Lisa, thank you so much for being with us, really excited about talking about the book. Back at you. Thank you so much. I use the Atlanta History Center for research so im delighted to be virtually with the constituency now. We are glad to have you. I t