In a recent interview with Salena Zito of the Washington Examiner, President Donald Trump made the following comment about former President Andrew Jackson:
"I mean, had Andrew Jackson been a little later, you wouldn't have had the Civil War. He was a very tough person, but he had a big heart. And 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? People don't ask that question, but why was there the Civil War? Why could that one not have been worked out?"
The big problem with this claim is the fact Andrew Jackson died in 1845 and the Civil War didn't start for another 16 years, in 1861. Given this, expect Trump to utter the following lines in the future (if he hasn't already):
- "My favorite president has to be George Washington. The way he handled 9/11 was just unbelievable!"
- "The best deal of all time was Honest Abe's New Deal, without question!"
- "The biggest disaster of all time was Bill Clinton's Obamacare, trust me!"
- "Do you wanna know what my favorite quote was? It was 'Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.' I don't care what others say about him, Richard Nixon was a great man!"
- "Not many people know this, but my bigliest inspiration for the wall was Ronald Reagan. When he turned to Russian dude Al Gore and told him to build that wall, I get duckbumps on my arms every time I hear that, believe me!"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/01/trumps-totally-bizarre-claim-about-avoiding-the-civil-war/?utm_term=.9d5da5629f89
"I mean, had Andrew Jackson been a little later, you wouldn't have had the Civil War. He was a very tough person, but he had a big heart. And 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? People don't ask that question, but why was there the Civil War? Why could that one not have been worked out?"
The big problem with this claim is the fact Andrew Jackson died in 1845 and the Civil War didn't start for another 16 years, in 1861. Given this, expect Trump to utter the following lines in the future (if he hasn't already):
- "My favorite president has to be George Washington. The way he handled 9/11 was just unbelievable!"
- "The best deal of all time was Honest Abe's New Deal, without question!"
- "The biggest disaster of all time was Bill Clinton's Obamacare, trust me!"
- "Do you wanna know what my favorite quote was? It was 'Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.' I don't care what others say about him, Richard Nixon was a great man!"
- "Not many people know this, but my bigliest inspiration for the wall was Ronald Reagan. When he turned to Russian dude Al Gore and told him to build that wall, I get duckbumps on my arms every time I hear that, believe me!"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/01/trumps-totally-bizarre-claim-about-avoiding-the-civil-war/?utm_term=.9d5da5629f89
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