From Washington’s burned letters to Trump’s missing transcripts, partial presidential records limit people’s full understanding of history

From Washington’s burned letters to Trump’s missing transcripts, partial presidential records limit people’s full understanding of history

The presidential Resolute Desk at the White House on Feb. 12, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s second term as president will surely go down in history, though of course, just six months into his four-year term, much of this story has yet to be written. But it is already clear that most Americans will not be able to read exactly what Trump has said, as they have with previous presidents, during his current term in the Whi…