Refusing A Crown with PragerU Historian, Richard Lim
A leader with the army behind him. A fragile new nation drowning in debt. A world where strongmen rarely step down. Then George Washington does something so unnatural to politics that people across Europe can’t believe it: he gives up power, and he does it twice.
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We sit down with Richard Lim, PragerU’s resident historian and host of This American President, to unpack the true story behind “refusing a crown” and why Washington’s restraint becomes one of America’s greatest sources of credibility. We talk through the near-break…
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