Orlando, Fla. — President-Elect Donald Trump is making history on several fronts that will no doubt be talked about for years to come.

The University of Central Florida History Professor Dr. John Sacher discussed Trump’s unprecedented campaign and reelection and his legacy that is still being written.

Sacher says while he is a 19th-century historian, he and his students do talk about current politics.

“As someone who studies history, I think this election is fascinating," he said. "You not only have Trump, who won in 2016, lost in 2020 and coming back and winning. You had a campaign where Trump is shot during the campaign. You have a campaign where the incumbent president is nominated by his party and then steps away from his party. I mean, these are things that literally have never happened before, so I think when people look back at this fifty years from now or one hundred years from now, people will remember this election.”

Trump is only the second president to serve with a gap between two terms and at 78 he is also the oldest person ever elected.

“When Biden is removed from the campaign, Trump is no longer the vigorous candidate, but he is the older candidate. I think Trump, whether it’s playing golf or certainly how he portrays himself, like when he’s doing his one-liners, he seems very much with it so I think in some ways he looks younger - somewhat significantly younger than Biden did even though he’s not significantly younger,” Sacher said.

Trump is also the first convicted felon to take office.

Sacher said Trump is sometimes compared to former President Andrew Jackson. Jackson was the 7th President of the United States from 1829 to 1837.

“That’s another example where I use my class to relate to the news of the day and Jackson is another one of those populist figures who identified with the people," he said. "His opponents thought that he was sort of renegade and he’s a duelist. He’d shot a man and his opponents always thought that they knew better. But Jackson identified with the common people and was elected president, and you know what I think regardless of him being elected to president - the country has survived. So I think that’s the lesson here. So no matter how someone feels today, whether they are joyous or they’re upset, one of the beauties of our country is that four years from now we will have another presidential election and the constitution will continue to flourish.”