Dominic Sandbrook

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On the Media · The Rest Is History · 1 Jul 2026 podcast

We can lose Rhode Island or Delaware.

I mean, who cares about them?

But keeping Jamaica is all important.

And so that, from London, that is the perspective.

And so funnily enough, when you get to 1783, the Treaty of Paris,

For the British, sure, they're annoyed that they've lost the 13 colonies of the North American seaboard.

But they think to themselves, you know what?

It could have been a lot worse.

We could have lost India.

We could have lost the Caribbean.

We'll take it.

So if you look back at recent presidents, let's say Barack Obama, good example, maybe Bill Clinton, George Bush Sr., and so on.

You have a number of presidents who perhaps over time, Barack Obama, different, of course, because he's the first African-American president.

But in the long run, will they leap out of the history books in a way that Benjamin Harrison or Grover Cleveland or Calvin Coolidge do not?

And I don't think they will.

I think in the year, you know, in the 22nd century, I don't think people will be terribly excited.

I mean, they might be excited about the more colorful aspects of Bill Clinton's personal life.

But I think as a president, as a political operator, they won't be terribly interested.

Donald Trump seems to me much more interesting for various reasons.

First of all, it's such an American life.

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