History: Mark Sholdice on the US Presidency, Donald Trump and Henry Ford

Today in The Atlantic, History Ph.D. candidate  Mark Sholdice explains what Henry Ford and Donald Trump have in common.

Trump—a billionaire business mogul who’s put his name everywhere, and blends anti-immigrant rhetoric with promises to put Americans back to work and make the nation great again—has seen his presidential prospects take flight, eclipsing the establishment candidates of the Republican Party in the early polls. Historians are looking for precedents for his run. Ross Perot? Strom Thurmond? George Wallace?

No, says Mark Sholdice, a doctoral candidate at the University of Guelph:

"Like Trump, Ford’s business success made him a household name. Like Trump, he promised to be a man of action, thinking bigger than government bureaucrats would dare to dream...."

Read the rest of the story at The Atlantic