This title brings together seven presidential politics scholars to address the Trump presidency and the current functioning of American democracy based on recent provocative research. These studies focus on several important topics, including presidential leadership theory and the Trump presidency, examining its mistruths, analyzing its record in the lower federal courts, probing its use of the pardon power, debating whether it requires an entirely new United States constitution to prevent future authoritarian threats, and assessing Trump's contribution to presidential power research. Taken together, these chapters represent a snapshot view of the early Trump presidency and its implications for US politics moving forward.

Charles M. Lamb is Research Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA.

Jacob R. Neiheisel is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA.

1. On Studying the Trump Presidency.- 2. The Lies of Donald Trump: A Taxonomy.- 3. Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Policies: The Risks of Executive Branch Lawmaking That Fails to Take Care.- 4. President Donald J. Trump and the Clemency Power: Is Claiming Unfair Treatment for Pardon Recipients the New Fake News?.- 5. How to Keep the Republic (Before Its Too Late): Why A New Constitution is Necessary to Strengthen Liberal Democracy in the United States.- 6. Conclusion: The Five Rules of Trump.- 7.  Epilogue: Donald Trumps Contribution to Research on Presidential Power.