Donald Trump ran for president as part of the Reform Party in 2000 in a campaign that was largely run by Roger Stone. This campaign provides insight into both how Trump has changed over the last two decades, but importantly also points to people like Roger Stone around him who have not changed.

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Borrow The America We Deserve: https://archive.org/details/americawedeserve00dona_0
New Yorker profile of Roger Stone: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/06/02/the-dirty-trickster
Washington Examiner profile of Roger Stone: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/roger-stone-political-animal-15381
Ivana Trump saying Donald had Hitler speeches on his bedside table: https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2015/07/donald-ivana-trump-divorce-prenup-marie-brenner
Spurious Correlations: https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
Coverage of Trump Tax returns: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/30/us/politics/trump-tax-returns.html
Coverage of Trump Organization Tax Evasion: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/13/nyregion/trump-organization-tax-fraud.html
Coverage of Roy Cohn and Trump's Mob Links: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/donald-trump-2016-mob-organized-crime-213910/
Roy Cohn's Political Connections: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/eavesdropping-on-roy-cohn-and-donald-trump
Roger Stone as Watergate Dirty Trickster: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/06/16/the-rise-and-gall-of-roger-stone/d8ce308b-7055-4666-860e-378833f46e17/
Roger Stone testimony under oath about Engels: http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/5746249/Transcript-Instagram-Post-Leads-ABJ-to-Broaden.pdf
Jacob Engels Proud Boys connections: https://www.thedailybeast.com/meet-jacob-engels-roger-stones-mini-me
Roger Stone Proud Boys connections: https://www.wweek.com/news/2018/03/07/right-wing-provocateur-roger-stone-asked-proud-boys-for-protection-at-dorchester-conference-last-weekend/
Roger Stone and Roy Cohn trying to get John Anderson in the race: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/roger-stone-political-animal-15381
Stone at Brooks Brothers Riot: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/11/15/its-insanity-how-brooks-brothers-riot-killed-recount-miami/
RFK SuperPAC financials: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/rfk-kennedy-trump-maga-biden-2024-election-1234777035/

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Timestamp:
00:00 The America We Deserve
2:38 Acknowledgements
9:19 The Serious Side of Trump
30:22 The Business of America is Business
34:03 Competition: Saving Our Schools the American Way
41:51 The Safe Streets We Deserve
47:31 The Foreign Policy We Deserve
54:22 Freedom from Terrorism
56:37 An Economic Boom for America
1:00:04 Making Social Security Secure Again
1:00:49 To Our Health
1:01:31 The Politics We Deserve
1:03:00 Volunteering: The American Way
1:03:16 Should I Run?
1:09:29 What happened when he ran?
1:12:34 Why does this matter in 2023?
1:27:39 Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
1:30:51 What can we learn from this?

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