{"id":576,"date":"2018-12-11T08:52:31","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T08:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/american-history-politics\/?p=576"},"modified":"2018-12-11T08:53:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T08:53:39","slug":"mara-oliva-at-london-potus-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/american-history-politics\/mara-oliva-at-london-potus-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Mara Oliva at London POTUS Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333333\">Yesterday evening (10\/12\/18), our very own Dr Mara Oliva gave a talk on\u00a0<b>Trump, the First Year in the White House<\/b><b>: America in Retreat\u00a0<\/b>at a meeting of the London POTUS group at the Institute of Historical Research, Senate House<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-577\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/american-history-politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Unorganized\/unnamed-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/american-history-politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Unorganized\/unnamed-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/american-history-politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Unorganized\/unnamed-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/american-history-politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Unorganized\/unnamed-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333\">Mara presented the major findings from the Monroe Group&#8217;s newest edited collection,\u00a0<i>The Trump Presidency: From Campaign Trail to World Stag,\u00a0<\/i>published earlier this year. She explored key aspects of Trump&#8217;s first year in the White House, including his policies on race, immigration and international affairs, his early record compared to previous presidents, and of course, her own research on Trump&#8217;s policies towards China.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tonight\u2019s seminar is under way. Some common themes in Trump\u2019s presidency to date: lack of preparation, failure to build a team, lack of grand strategy, reliance on family members.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The London POTUS Group (@PotusGroup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PotusGroup\/status\/1072194012503777280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Has Trump turned into an effective president? Those outside his base have been dismissed debased.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The London POTUS Group (@PotusGroup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PotusGroup\/status\/1072203496873754624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>If you missed Mara&#8217;s talk, a podcast will be out shortly so keep an eye out!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-580\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/american-history-politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Unorganized\/DuEzQ3LXQAEMqIt-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/american-history-politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Unorganized\/DuEzQ3LXQAEMqIt-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/american-history-politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Unorganized\/DuEzQ3LXQAEMqIt-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/american-history-politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Unorganized\/DuEzQ3LXQAEMqIt.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-581\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/american-history-politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Unorganized\/DuFT-jLXQAI1Jzc-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/american-history-politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Unorganized\/DuFT-jLXQAI1Jzc-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/american-history-politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Unorganized\/DuFT-jLXQAI1Jzc-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/american-history-politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Unorganized\/DuFT-jLXQAI1Jzc-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/american-history-politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Unorganized\/DuFT-jLXQAI1Jzc.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday evening (10\/12\/18), our very own Dr Mara Oliva gave a talk on\u00a0Trump, the First Year in the White House: America in Retreat\u00a0at a meeting of the London POTUS group&#8230;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"&#104;&#116;&#116;&#112;&#115;&#58;&#47;&#47;&#114;&#101;&#115;&#101;&#97;&#114;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#114;&#101;&#97;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#46;&#97;&#99;&#46;&#117;&#107;&#47;&#97;&#109;&#101;&#114;&#105;&#99;&#97;&#110;&#45;&#104;&#105;&#115;&#116;&#111;&#114;&#121;&#45;&#112;&#111;&#108;&#105;&#116;&#105;&#99;&#115;&#47;&#109;&#97;&#114;&#97;&#45;&#111;&#108;&#105;&#118;&#97;&#45;&#97;&#116;&#45;&#108;&#111;&#110;&#100;&#111;&#110;&#45;&#112;&#111;&#116;&#117;&#115;&#45;&#103;&#114;&#111;&#117;&#112;&#47;\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,38],"tags":[49,20],"class_list":["post-576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-and-events","tag-potus","tag-trump"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - 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