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Reagan Insider Peggy Noonan on Trump, COVID-19 and Masculinity

Season 2024 Episode 7104 | 18m 09s

Donald Trump's return to the White House comes at a divisive time in American society and politics. Back in the 1980s, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author Peggy Noonan was President Ronald Reagan's speechwriter. Noonan reflects on the nation's evolution in her new book, "A Certain Idea of America." She discusses all this with Walter Isaacson.

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