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Peter Kastor, Professor of History & American Culture Studies, Washington University in St. Louis

Trump speaking poorly of other presidents is uncommon, but not unheard of, in American presidential history

While most former presidents do not speak out about their successors after they leave the White House, Donald Trump is not the first president to criticize his former political opponents while in office. Trigger Photo/Getty Images Plus

Former presidents don’t criticize their successors in public.

Or do they?

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