E.J. Dionne is a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution and University Professor in the Foundations of Democracy and Culture at Georgetown University. Norman Ornstein is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he studies politics, elections, and the US Congress.
One Nation after Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet Deported presented their beliefs on Trump’s rise and the danger his administration poses to the nation’s democratic institutions. In turn, they offered encouragement to the millions of Americans now experiencing a new sense of citizenship and engagement and argued that our nation needs a unifying alternative. Dionne and Ornstein answered student questions on the national political environment.