Our Populist Prologue.

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    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED States
    • Subject Terms:
      TRUMP, Donald, 1946-; JACKSON, Andrew, 1767-1845
    • Abstract:
      The article compares seventh U.S. president Andrew Jackson with President-elect Donald Trump. Topics discussed include their comparative experiences as public figures, character traits, and populism. It also discusses similarities in issues that brought them to the presidency such as freeing the country from interests that thwart the rise of ordinary Americans to prosperity and unsettling the established order.