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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/331349-trump-why-was-there-the-civil-warPresident Trump during an interview that airs Monday questioned why the country had a Civil War and suggested former President Andrew Jackson could have prevented it had he served later.
"I mean had Andrew Jackson been a little bit later you wouldn't have had the Civil War. He was a very tough person, but he had a big heart," Trump said during an interview with the Washington Examiner's Salena Zito.
"He was really angry that he saw what was happening with regard to the Civil War, he said, 'There's no reason for this.'"
Jackson, the nation's seventh president, died in 1845. The Civil War began in 1861.
The president further questioned why the country could not have solved the Civil War.
"People don't realize, you know, the Civil War, if you think about it, why?" Trump said during the edition of "Main Street Meets the Beltway" scheduled to air on SiriusXM.
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Andrew Jackson had a big heart? Ever hear of the Trail Of Tears?
https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/history/people/indian-killer-andrew-jackson-deserves-top-spot-on-list-of-worst-us-presidents/
CrispyQ
(36,457 posts)I hate this man. Can't he just die a humiliating death on national TV with his evil spawn on the sidelines watching?
CountAllVotes
(20,868 posts)He drove them off of the valuable land in No. Carolina not long after the Indian Removal Act was signed in 1830 and they ended up in Kentucky only to be moved again a year later to Indiana where they got that lovely swamp land worth nothing. I have the land deeds on these "transactions".
They were mixed-blood Indians and they had 15 kids en tote.
My grgrgrgrandfather died at the age of just over 50 years after being moved three times in three years. It killed him doubtlessly. His wife (my grgrgrgrandmother) died not long after he did leaving behind 15 children to fend for themselves.
FUCK YOU ANDREW JACKSON YOU GENOCIDAL MANIAC!!!
G_j
(40,366 posts)and another big hearted person getting some Trump love..
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/30/526268975/trump-invites-controversial-philippines-leader-to-white-house
Trump Invites Controversial Philippines Leader To White House
April 30, 20171:42 PM ET
During a "very friendly" phone conversation, President Donald Trump invited Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte to the White House, signaling a massive shift in attitude from the U.S. toward a leader known best for inciting an extrajudicial war on drugs in his country that's killed more than 7,500 people
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A statement from the White House said Trump invited Duterte to discuss the "importance of the United States-Philippines alliance," and that the two also talked about "the fact that the Philippine government is fighting very hard to rid its country of drugs."
The tactics Duterte has used to wage that battle, since he was elected in June, have garnered global reprimands.
"Do your duty, and in the process, you kill 1,000 persons, I will protect you," Duterte told police on July 1, the day after he was sworn in, Michael Sullivan reported for NPR.
The Philippines president has also been accused of encouraging civilians to kill people attempting to buy or sell drugs.
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CountAllVotes
(20,868 posts)That blanket with smallpox on it dare one suggest?
muntrv
(14,505 posts)On edit:. Cornerstone speech.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)There are still old southerners who hate the 5 dollar bill because Lincoln's on it.
G_j
(40,366 posts)to legitimize racism and genocide
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Forget about the factual errors, it's just more word salad from the idiot-in-chief.
"I mean had Andrew Jackson been a little bit later you wouldn't have had the Civil War. He was a very tough person, but he had a big heart."
"He was really angry that he saw what was happening with regard to the Civil War, he said, 'There's no reason for this.'"
"People don't realize, you know, the Civil War, if you think about it, why?"
Don't realize what?, asshole, what are you even talking about? What would Andrew Jackson have done if he was even ALIVE at that time.
maxrandb
(15,320 posts)and used "Rush Revere" as the Textbook?
Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)Because of dipshits like you, Mr Trump.