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From Washington’s burned letters to Trump’s missing transcripts, partial presidential records limit people’s full understanding of history

  • Written by Shannon Bow O'Brien, Associate Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin
imageThe presidential Resolute Desk at the White House on Feb. 12, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

President Donald Trump’s second term as president will surely go down in history, though of course, just six months into his four-year term, much of this story has yet to be written.

But it is already clear that most Americans will not be able to...

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