Opinion: How to survive the Trump presidency? Look to Herbert Hoover Joe Regenbogen Dec 24, 2025 Dec 24, 2025 0 President Herbert Hoover. Wikimedia Commons SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Joe Regenbogen Every day, the news media reports yet another story about President Donald Trump that makes millions of Americans squirm in their seats.kAm$@>6 9:89=:89E H92E 2AA62CD E@ 36 2? :?4C62D:?8=J 5:DEFC365 A6CD@?2=:EJ 鈥 9:89=J 3:2D65 A=2BF6D 36?62E9 AC6D:56?E:2= A@CEC2:ED :? 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