CNN's Dana Bash Reveals Why Trump Is Unlike ANY President in History

And speaking of, we end the book.

So this is 15 elections that shaped the world.

Start with Julius Caesar.

I am not old enough to have covered that race.

And then we go to Nelson Mandela.

I was like aware and working at CNN for a year.

um and so yes that was sort of the first one of the first major world events that i remember being at cnn for but sadly i didn't get to cover it we decided to end in 94 because so many of the more recent races i feel david fisher my co-author and i both felt like they were too recent to talk about through a historical lens

well First of all, you're saying something that I just want to emphasize.

This is your passion.

And what I got from the book is the intrigue.

And that what you like about this is that decisions are getting made at a political level that are affecting technology, business, finance, the media.

And whether we like it or not, these people are shaping a big... part of our lives.

Said differently, the US budget is roughly 25% of our GDP.

And so you have 535 people plus one president that's got command over 25% of our GDP.

So this is monumental.

That's what I really got from the book.

But let's go to Julius Caesar in ancient Rome.

And I want to start there.

I want to go to the Mayflower Compact because I did not know I have to confess this, even though I think I'm a history buff, I didn't know what the Mayfair Compact was.

But why pick those two and start with Julius Caesar?

And speaking of, we end the book.

So this is 15 elections that shaped the world.

Start with Julius Caesar.

I am not old enough to have covered that race.

And then we go to Nelson Mandela.

I was like aware and working at CNN for a year.

um and so yes that was sort of the first one of the first major world events that i remember being at cnn for but sadly i didn't get to cover it we decided to end in 94 because so many of the more recent races i feel david fisher my co-author and i both felt like they were too recent to talk about through a historical lens

well First of all, you're saying something that I just want to emphasize.

This is your passion.

And what I got from the book is the intrigue.

And that what you like about this is that decisions are getting made at a political level that are affecting technology, business, finance, the media.

And whether we like it or not, these people are shaping a big... part of our lives.

Said differently, the US budget is roughly 25% of our GDP.

And so you have 535 people plus one president that's got command over 25% of our GDP.

So this is monumental.

That's what I really got from the book.

But let's go to Julius Caesar in ancient Rome.

And I want to start there.

I want to go to the Mayflower Compact because I did not know I have to confess this, even though I think I'm a history buff, I didn't know what the Mayfair Compact was.

But why pick those two and start with Julius Caesar?