1 October 2019

Donald Trump's 'highly irresponsible' civil war tweet comes under fire

Associate Professor David Smith
Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, United States Studies Centre (jointly appointed with the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney)

A tweet suggesting a civil war would take place if US President Donald Trump was removed from office could be additional grounds for impeachment, according to two Harvard law professors, but not all experts agree. USSC senior lecturer David Smith is quoted in this SBS article.

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Associate Professor David Smith
Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, United States Studies Centre (jointly appointed with the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney)
David Smith is jointly appointed between the US Studies Centre and the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Sydney. His research examines political relations between states and minorities, with a focus on religion in the US. His book Religious Persecution and Political Order in the United States was published by Cambridge University Press in 2015.