President Donald Trump gave a startling, off-the-cuff press conference Tuesday, blaming “both sides” for recent violence in Charlottesville, and describing protesters opposed to white supremacists as “very violent.” That scene caused some to wonder how we got here. Kurt Andersen tries to answer that in a new book and piece in the September issue of The Atlantic.
How America went haywire over the last 50 years
Credits
Guest:
- Kurt Andersen - Author of "Evil Geniuses," "Fantasyland," and "You Can’t Spell America Without Me" - @KBAndersen