What Would the Nation’s Founders Say About Trump? Here Is Their Answer.

Ms. Schiff, the author of “The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams,” is at work on a book about Benjamin Franklin.

What would the founding fathers say? You can’t write about American independence, especially this year, without fielding that question in every variation. To which political party would George Washington belong? What would Ben Franklin think of the tech bros? How would John Adams feel about failing to land a role in “Hamilton”? What would Thomas Jefferson make of the National Museum of African American History and Culture? And, of course, how would any of the founders reckon with a president who accepts extravagant gifts from foreign........

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