They’re growing up in the Trump era. Here’s what they want from the next president.

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What does the president do?

Kids might learn the answer to that question in school, but they also learn it from life — from eavesdropping on grown-ups, from snatches of news on TV or TikTok, from arguments on the playground or on the bus. The people who serve as president during one’s childhood necessarily shape one’s view of the office; my early conception of American political parties, for example, came largely from Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. And now multiple generations of young people are forming their understanding of the US presidency based on Donald Trump’s tenure.

Trump has been either serving as president or seeking the presidency for a d