Presidential Historian Answers Presidency Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Presidential historian and head of the George Washington Presidential Library Lindsay Chervinsky joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the American Presidency. How did the United States end up with only two dominant political parties? Can Donald Trump run for President again? What are the actual duties of a Vice President? Why is election season so long in America? And how many presidents have ever been arrested? Answers to these questions and plenty more await on President Support.

0:00 President Support
0:15 Can Trump run again?
0:38 Biden pardoning his own son
1:12 Was it always this bad?
1:59 These are our options?
2:50 State of the Union
4:09 Just a flesh wound
4:46 Teddy Bears
5:29 Has the peaceful transition of power ever been in more doubt?
6:25 Well, that’s classified.
6:37 Day in the life
7:31 Meaningless S
7:40 The Supreme Court
8:23 Why are American elections so long?
8:57 Roosevelt had polio
10:07 George Washington's take on political parties
10:48 Disease in the days of Washington
11:29 What if the Vice President was from the opposite party?
12:10 Has any US president ever been fluent in a second language?
12:50 The greatest speech in the history of the United States
13:31 The most influential First Lady
14:04 Early presidents and slavery
14:36 RIP
14:52 What is it that you do here?
15:43 Grant on the Fifty
16:21 Tariffs
17:44 22 and 24
18:19 That cherry tree story
19:08 Pre-White House
20:04 Hoover and The Great Depression
20:39 Edith Wilson
21:32 Which presidents have been impeached?
21:59 Back and forth and back and forth
22:26 Cheers
22:40 Presidential security
23:26 The job ages you
23:47 How has the presidency changed?
24:25 Presidents can be short kings
24:50 How many presidents have killed somebody?
25:17 Presidents who have been arrested
25:39 Commander in Drip
25:55 Presidential hobbies
26:05 What does the job pay?
26:34 Good one, sir
27:03 Truman and the bomb
27:34 What does Commander In Chief mean?
28:03 Polk's war with Mexico
28:48 Best president on foreign policy
29:29 Burn my letters would you, Martha?

Director: Justin Wolfson
Director of Photography: Eric Bugash
Editor: Alex Mechanik
Expert: Lindsay Chervinsky
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer
Camera Operator: Rob Klein
Sound Mixer: Todd Burger
Production Assistant: Freyja Golbach; Kiran Kestenbaum
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Jason Malizia
Special Thanks: George Washington's Mount Vernon


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[YouKnowMyNameLUTN]

"We tend not to reward people for wars avoided".
What a beautiful way to put it.

[sidneysun]

"relatively little patience and sometimes short attention spans" is the truest sentence ever uttered

[tylerwatt]

I love that she wore purple as the mix between red and blue. Very on point.

[DillBestler]

President Martin Van Buren was raised speaking primarily Dutch and learned English while attending school. He is the only U.S. president whose first language was not English.

[kb]

I love when the people on here don’t bite on obvious biased questions and respond in a fact-based, unbiased manner.

[MTGeomancer]

Requirements for Vice President: 1) Cast tie breaking vote and 2) Have a Pulse

Now that's a job I'm fully qualified for!

[boy]

Finally a background that doesn't blind you.

[austinlabrie]

I think it's silly when people online are asking experts on the subject "Did you know that FDR had polio??"
Yeah, her job is a presidential historian, of course she knows a hugely obvious fact that we all know.

[schizooffspring]

george washington’s warning about political party divisions hasnt been more relevant than now

[PalmelaHanderson]

Surprised she didn't mention Van Buren in the second languages. English WAS his second language. His first langugae was Dutch.

[matthewscott]

I’ll never get people who find history boring. I just gobble this stuff up. It’s so interesting. 🧐

[allenman]

George: clear my search history dear
Martha: you got it prezzy
😂

[theopinionjunkie]

I love how non-partisan and straightforward her answers are

[anomalunadota]

This was such a fun and educational watch. I love the way she briefly explains things with all the necessary information.

[StefveoX]

i would love to hear this woman create a ranking of all the US presidents in history

[nickadamstv]

At 14:24, it sounds like John Quincy Adams had slaves but changed his stance later. I do think it should be noted that both John Adams and John Quincy Adams never owned slaves at any point and were both well documented as being against slavery.

[maxwellszymanski]

A great presidential historian like her really tells the stories in a way that make it seem like the presidents are your distant uncles or something. Great video!

[WicoYT]

The people that need to watch this video...wont.

[Canrugger]

There have been 4 impeachments….and trump has half of them lol

[kittentea]

As an chilean, I found very useful to learn about which american president has been the shortest of them all 👍