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Topic: George Washington

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump greets actor Sylvester Stallone onstage at the America First Policy Institute Gala held at Mar-a-Lago on November 14, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Stallone compares Trump to Washington

Kelly McClure
Kamala Harris, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The election the founding fathers wanted

Matthew Rozsa
Michael Douglas on Finding Your Roots (Photo courtesy of PBS)

Michael Douglas' Revolutionary War ties

Nardos Haile
Jacob Chansley, also known as the "QAnon Shaman," screams "Freedom" inside the U.S. Senate chamber after the U.S. Capitol was breached by a mob during a joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

When do movements become cults?

Matthew Rozsa
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Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How Biden is like the founding fathers

Matthew Rozsa
John F Kennedy (Getty/Central Press)

6 presidential myths, debunked

Michele Debczak - Mental Floss
The Yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, 1793. Carriages rumbled through the streets to pick up the dying and the dead. Woodcut shows Stephen Girard on errand of mercy. (Getty Images / Bettmann / Contributor)

The 1793 pandemic that foreshadowed 2020

Matthew Rozsa
Donald Trump, George Washington and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why Washington's farewell matters

Matthew Rozsa
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George Washington; the SARS-CoV-2 virus. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How Washington handled a pandemic

Matthew Rozsa
Former Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama, with George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt haunting in the back. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump vs. Obama: Who wins in the end?

Matthew Rozsa
George Washington side-eying Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Did George Washington see Trump coming?

Matthew Rozsa
George Washington; Thomas Jefferson (Getty/Salon)

G. Washington's Thanksgiving message

Maurizio Valsania - The Conversation
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US President Donald Trump uses his cellphone as he holds a roundtable discussion with Governors about the economic reopening of closures due to COVID-19, known as coronavirus, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

How running for president has changed

Sarah Burns - The Conversation
Masked George Washington Crossing the Delaware (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Would Washington have worn a mask?

Kristin E. Tremper
Painting of the Boston Massacre showing Crispus Attucks, one of the leaders of the demonstration and one of the five men killed by the gun fire of the British troops, as he is shot. The Boston Massacre took place in 1770 and was a preliminary riot in the War of Independence from the British. (Getty Images)

We need monuments to Black resistance

Jeff Biggers
Washington (José Sarmento de Matos / History)

Washington would have hated Trump

Matthew Rozsa
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"Washington Crossing the Delaware," (1851) oil on canvas painted by Emanuel Leutze (1816-1868). (Bettmann Archive)

Washington’s Christmas night crossing

Richard Gunderman - The Conversation

Trump, Ukraine and a whistleblower

Jennifer Selin - The Conversation
James Madison; Thomas Jefferson

"I’m not a traitor, you are!"

Jeffrey Selinger - The Conversation
Brett Kavanaugh; Donald Trump (AP/Salon)

Trump: 'Washington had a bad past'

Nicole Karlis
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George Washington; Andrew Johnson; Donald Trump (Getty/Salon)

Trump's unpardonable endgame

Andrew Burstein, Nancy Isenberg
George Washington; Thomas Paine; Donald Trump (Getty/Shutterstock/Photo Montage by Salon)

Trump's insult to the Founding Fathers

Jeff Biggers
(Getty/Wikimedia/Salon)

Let's celebrate real religious freedom

Paul Rosenberg
(YouTube/Inside the Magic)

Trump robot joins Hall of Presidents

Jarrett Lyons
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