Alexis Coe

presidential historian

Alexis Coe is a presidential historian and a senior fellow at New America and the New York Times bestselling author of “Young Jack: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1957” (2025), “You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington” (2020) and “Alice+Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis” (2014).


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Alexis Coe

President Trump is unconventional. His birthday is no exception.

I testified at a congressional hearing on the JFK files — I won’t make that mistake again

George Washington saw Trump’s plane gift from Qatar coming 250 years ago

What happened at JFK Library puts all of America’s historical institutions on notice

Trump is not ‘unprecedented’ — a lot of presidents have done awful things

Grover Cleveland’s presidential ‘comeback’ is a true cautionary tale for Trump