Douglas Brinkley

CNN history commentator Douglas Brinkley said Monday on CNN’s “Newsroom” that President Joe Biden is “trying to say” there is an “ultra-right MAGA contingent” in this country that wants to overthrow the U.S. government.

After presidential historian Douglas Brinkley compared documentation of last year’s Capitol protests to footage of the Nazi Holocaust, Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) head Morton Klein expressed outrage over the historian’s “breathtaking insensitivity,” while demanding a “profuse apology” on his part for having “minimize[d] and diminish[ed] the monstrous Holocaust.”

Historian Douglas Brinkley said Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead” that former President Donald Trump was such an “imbecile” he thought Nazi leader Adolf Hitler is just a “celebrity.”

Historian Douglas Brinkley said Tuesday on CNN that Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), pushing a vote on Tuesday that former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial was unconstitutional because he was no longer in office, was “foolhardy.”

Wednesday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” presidential historian and network contributor Douglas Brinkley accused President Donald Trump of failing in his response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Historian Douglas Brinkley, during Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s special coverage of the Senate impeachment trial, called President Donald Trump an “outlaw.”

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” historian Douglas Brinkley predicted President Donald Trump would lose the public support after Democrats vote to impeach him.

CNN historian Douglas Brinkley accused President Donald Trump of being a “full-fledged bigot” this week and predicted that Democrats “will move to impeach him” if they take back Congress after the 2018 midterm elections.

Monday on CSPAN’s “Washington Journal,” historian Doug Brinkley described President Donald Trump as a “bully” who represented “kind of a dark underbelly of America.” Brinkley said, “He’s a bully. He misuses cyber in a way to divide us. What is

Friday on CNN’s “Newsroom,” Rice University history professor Douglas Brinkley said President Donald Trump’s first year had an “asterisk” next to it. Brinkley said, “It’s an asterisk president — nobody really believed he is president. That’s because of the FBI, the Justice Department

Rice University professor and liberal CNN historian Douglas Brinkley compared CNN White House reporter Jim Acosta on Sunday to Dan Rather, the godfather of “fake news.”

Rice University professor and liberal historian Douglas Brinkley praised Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) on Sunday for bravely calling into question President Donald Trump’s stability.

Sunday on CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” Rice University history professor and network commentator Douglas Brinkley said President Donald Trump was a “sick man,” adding that he was “not mentally stable.” Brinkley said, “Senator Corker is a real leader among Republicans, and

Sunday on CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” presidential historian and Rice University professor Douglas Brinkley said President Donald Trump was “unfit for command.” Brinkley called the White House “in utter disarray.” “And you can’t really compartmentalize everything because it’s all morphed together

On Tuesday’s “CNN Tonight,” host Don Lemon reacted to an exchange between GOP front-runner Donald Trump and Univision’s Jorge Ramos, who was in attendance at a press conference Trump was conducting before a Dubuque, IA rally. Lemon likened that moment

CNN Presidential Historian Douglas Brinkley said that GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s rhetoric was the same as George Wallace’s “segregation now” statement on Friday’s broadcast of “CNN Tonight.” Brinkley, during a discussion on the term “anchor baby” was asked about