Is Trump another Hoover?

History would show that many of Hoover's policies were directly linked to the disaster that was the 1930s in America. Trump is making some of the leaders in the world of economics take notice – after all, the world doesn't need another Great Depression. read more

As a Donald Trump victory became clear Tuesday night, the ghost of Herbert Hoover paid a visit to Trump’s election night party in New York. In the Fox News coverage playing on screens in the ballroom, Megyn Kelly turned to Karl Rove. “It didn’t happen under Reagan or the Bushes. read more

Trump’s platform is similar in many ways to what Hoover purposed, and what may have accelerated and worsened what might have just another mild recession. On that ground Trump shares similarities with Hoover; being seen as a savior, who may in the end find themselves the unwitting sacrificial lamb. read more

Like Trump, Hoover made his fortune in business - in his case, the coal industry. And, like Trump, he was a late-comer to politics and had neither previous electoral nor military experience. But unlike Trump, Hoover had a more than glancing acquaintance with government, serving as head of the Food & Drug Administration during World War I and as Commerce Secretary under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge. read more