On Tuesday, September 15^th, 2017, Stockton students, staff, faculty, and alumni packed into the Campus Center event room to hear Julian Zelizer speech for the annual Constitution Day keynote address. Zelizer is a CNN political analyst and has written many books and op-ed columns, as well as appearing on television and radio shows. According to his biography on the Princeton University website, Zelizer is a pioneer in the resurgence of the discipline of American political history. Zelizer’s topic for his speech was “Constitution Democracy in the Age of Donald Trump”. Each audience member was given a pocket constitution for reference, as well as a notecard to write down questions for Mr. Zelizer. As Zelizer began his speech, the audience expected him to speak about the current happenings in our country, and possibly make predictions for the future. However, Zelizer chose to give his speech from a historical perspective, and instead mainly spoke about the past. Specifically, Zelizer compared Donald Trump’s presidency to that of his predecessors. Because of some of Trump’s outlandish claims, some Republicans have reason not to stand with him. Zelizer, the historian, compared Trump to Lynden B. Johnson, who gave strong political and war talk to not seem weak on the matter of national security. Similarly, Trump has made controversial tweets about war and foreign policy on social media, specifically threats to destroy North Korea, all in the name of not appearing weak. In his speech, Zelizer noted that Trump is only as strong as the Republicans in Congress who stand by him and pass legislation for him, and although they have been supportive so far, some of Trump’s claims have tested the Congress’s loyalty. According to Zelizer, the Republican party does not want another scandal like the Watergate Scandal in 1973, and Trump’s tweets and other claims could cause some to falter from their party loyalty. Overall, Zelizer seemed hopeful about the outcome of Trump’s presidency. He mentioned that although Trump has been quite aggressive with his executive orders and his words, his legislation is not as aggressive because his Republican Congress is wary of blindly voting for the party and trusting the president, so Trump is vulnerable. Overall, the takeaway from Zelizer’s keynote address seemed to be that the Trump presidency is not as bad as the media make it seem, which nicely tied into the freshman common reading, Trust Me I’m Lying. The media sensationalizes Donald Trump’s tweets and his words, when what is truly important and powerful is the legislation he passes. Zelizer argued that Trump seemed to be just about average in terms of the amount of legislation he has passed so far in his presidency; he has not signed a significant amount more bills into law than other presidents during the same time frame. Zelizer’s address left the audience with the impression that some of the drama surrounding Trump’s presidency is just media speculation, because bloggers will do anything to generate revenue. However, even when Trump is making eccentric claims on Twitter or in a speech, it is up to the people to remember that his words don’t count; we must look at what the president signs into law. With his actions, Trump’s Congress is hesitant to support him, and the future lies uncertain.