Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden

by Bill O'Reilly

Hamilton demands the president recall an envoy about to sail for France. Adams refuses—and fate is on his side. The Convention of 1800 soon follows, ending hostilities with France. The moment is an enormous victory for John Adams. He has brokered peace, regained the upper hand within his fractured party, and silenced Alexander Hamilton’s war drumbeat.