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What Makes Legends?

What Makes Legends?

Being good at what you do isn't enough

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Larry Schweikart
Feb 22, 2025
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I was inspired this morning by an article by Albin Sadar in American Greatness called “Trump: An American Legend.” He’s right of course, but why? What has elevated (or in Trump’s case, escalated) him to this status? Because it’s undeniable. Whether it is legendary status by leftists, who define themselves by resistance to Trump, or by his own actions and life, Trump is different from anyone since Teddy Roosevelt.

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