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The president as partisan warrior: Trump’s rejection of traditional presidential statesmanship

  • Written by Julia R. Azari, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Marquette University
The president as partisan warrior: Trump’s rejection of traditional presidential statesmanshipAfter taking control of the board earlier in the year, President Donald Trump announced on Aug. 13, 2025, the nominees of the annual Kennedy Center Honors.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

In a classic work on the modern presidency originally published in 1960, political scientist Richard Neustadt wrote that the American public “expects the man in...

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