Donald Trump is seeking to do what several Republican predecessors failed to do: reverse the promise and the premises of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. In his address to Congress on Tuesday night,

One hundred thirty-two years later, on March 4, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated for his first term as president; he was the last U.S. president to be inaugurated on this date. In his inaugural speech, Roosevelt stated, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

Franklin D Roosevelt's explosive 1941 meeting with Frank Aiken ended with raised voices, histrionics and flying knives, forks and plates

Amid the abundance of controversies evoked by the presidencies of Donald Trump, I am anticipating legal scholars will opine vis-a-vis the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution — the two-term limit — ratified in 1951.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s desk is shown at his library as a visitor examines information at the national historic site in Hyde Park on Saturday, March 1, 2025. (William J. Kemble Photo)

Through a coincidence of history, President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress on Tuesday took place on the 92nd anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inauguration.

President Franklin Roosevelt said, “It seldom helps to wonder how a statesman of one generation would surmount the crisis of another. A statesman deals with concrete difficulties – with things which must be done day to day.

HDOT announces an 8-day closure of O'ahu's Fort Barrette Road for railroad crossing and lighting upgrades starting March 17.

NBC News’ Steven Romo reports on how a conspiracy theory about missing gold at Fort Knox spread to the White House. The federal facility holds half of the country’s gold and has only been opened twice since 1943 for President Franklin D.

Through a coincidence of history, President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress on Tuesday took place on the 92nd anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inauguration.