America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump (Part One)

An investigation into America’s increasingly bitter, divided and toxic politics.

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump (Part One) FRONTLINE

Premiered January 13, 2020
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump (Part One)

A two-part investigation into America’s increasingly bitter, divided and toxic politics. Part One of the documentary traces how Barack Obama’s promise of unity collapsed as increasing racial, cultural and political divisions laid the groundwork for the rise of Donald Trump.

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