Politics

Trump Gets the Rosenbergs All Wrong

False Claim

Not only does the president’s citing of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg as an example of treason show his lack of historical knowledge, it gives ammunition to their apologists.

Ronald Radosh
Ronald Radosh
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