Former Carter Speechwriter Reflects On How Presidents Used To Speak Overseas

Former Carter Speechwriter Reflects On How Presidents Used To Speak Overseas

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President Trump’s speech in Poland this week brought back memories for James Fallows. The current national correspondent for The Atlantic was a twenty-something speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter. And the tone of Carter’s speech to Poland in 1977 was a lot different from Trump’s.

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