Jon Meacham
The Diplomat
People, composure and the difficult conversation held well.
Jon Meacham is a prominent author and historian known for his insights into American history and politics. This interview reveals his leadership style as one that seeks to mediate and build coalitions, advocating for a deeper understanding of complex issues to foster unity.
“Present myself in whatever forum I happen to be in and say, look, I believe that God created the heavens and the earth. I believe that Jesus was crucified and was buried.”
“And that has many virtues, but it also has some vices. And he's going to have immense pressure from the left. He's going to have an organized Machinery of conflict, of opposition that you know better than anybody will just start the moment this is over if in fact it ends well.”
“Absolutely. They are vivid emblems of the best of us and the worst of us. This is going to sound like your old boss a little bit. My view is, my whole view of history is because it's kind of my view of human nature, which sounds very grand, but you asked. I know that in the course of a day.”
“It is narrative. And thank you. I did my first book, which was a portrait of the friendship between Roosevelt and Churchill. Thank you. I was so consumed with, although now a weekly deadline seems like, you know, a quarterly.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 417 — Jon Meacham
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