***BREAKING*** Trump says Civil War 'could have been negotiated'

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday suggested the Civil War could have been avoided through “negotiation,” arguing that the fight to end slavery in the US was ultimately unnecessary and that Abraham Lincoln should have done more to avoid bloodshed.

“So many mistakes were made. See, there was something I think could have been negotiated, to be honest with you,” Trump said at a campaign event in Newton, Iowa. “I think you could have negotiated that. All the people died. So many people died.”

The former president’s comments come a little over a week before the first-in-the-nation caucuses in Iowa, where he has a significant lead in the polls over his closest rivals, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/06/politics/trump-civil-war-negotiated/index.html

[Freethinker65]

1. Satire? Please be satire.

[RandomNumbers]

12. It gets harder and harder to tell the difference. nt

[PittBlue]

2. Too bad he wasn't president then...

He would be dead now.

[chicoescuela]

9. I like this thinking

[Ocelot II]

3. But if *he* had been president, all of that could have been avoided.

He would have been a much better president than Lincoln. He wouldn't even have had to free the slaves!

[dalton99a]

4. What he meant: "So many people died for what?"

[Captain Zero]

6. Do we not already

Have enough witch doctors working on this nutcase?

[TheBlackAdder]

5. One minute Repubs claim they're the Party of Lincoln, then Trump says Lincoln caused the Civil War?

Confederates hate Lincoln, so this must be extra salt on that Party of Lincoln boast GOPers make.

[underpants]

16. Where was unwanted Ivanka when we needed her?

[Yavin4]

17. So, she would negotiate for the South? n/t

[underpants]

18. I just love that pic. If he sent Eric or Jr,

they’d end up negotiating for the East.

and Russia would still have Alaska.

[2naSalit]

7. How much more...

Proof is needed?

The media reports the bogus poll numbers (many are sponsored or conducted by the media reporting) to justify their over the top coverage of the one unqualified "candidate".

Like his buddy, bibi over in the middle east, he'll commit any crime or atrocity to obtain and hold on to power over other people so that they can ensure they will never face accountability.

Time we wise up and deal with the problem, and soon, or we will have no hope of averting our extinction in the near future.

[Squaredeal]

8. To extrapolate what he said I suppose that we should have negotiated with the Nazis too

After all, so many senseless lives were lost, according to his reasoning. We could have had, “Peace in our time.”
Did his MAGA crowd clap when that came out of his mouth?

[lastlib]

21. Well, yes.....

Remember what Prescott Bush said? "If only I could have talked to Mr. Hitler, this could have all been avoided."...
on the nucking Fazis.

[Ocelot II]

27. That worked out so well for Neville Chamberlain.

[Squaredeal]

10. To extrapolate what he said I suppose that we should have negotiated with the Nazis too

After all, so many senseless lives were lost, according to his reasoning. We could have had, “Peace in our time.”
Did his MAGA crowd clap when that came out of his mouth?

[Kid Berwyn]

11. Poor, misunderstood Jefferson Davis.

Until now, no one had ever been treated so badly. Sir! Sir!

[limbicnuminousity]

13. Not what I was hoping for

but close enough. AI generated art:

https://www.craiyon.com/image/HEFmX4eZSlWh5JNe2Z3hbg

[jcgoldie]

14. that's on you Honest Abe!

Fucking moron just spews any stupid shit that enters his ignorant brain and all those idiots have enabled him by ignoring and rationalizing it for so long that he thinks it all fucking brilliant.

[Rafi]

15. He's got a leg up on negotiating the start of another one.

Did he mention if the south had had more aircraft carriers they could have won?

[lastlib]

22. They should've seized the airports, like at the Battle of Bowling Green.......

idiot strategists like Lee......

[ITAL]

19. I have seen this idea advanced before

And not just by pro-Confederate types. Historian David Goldfield wrote a really good book on the Civil War about ten years ago where he more or less argued the point at the concluding chapter or two. The problem is, folks like that, when they calculate the cost of the war and say that (as Goldfield does), that the war cost X Billion dollars and that if the US Government had just bought the slaves at a market value and freed them it would have cost half that price in treasure (not to mention the lives) -- they don't seem to realize that you need to have a willing seller in addition to a willing buyer. Sure some southerners may have been willing to do a "buyback" program, but the vast majority NEER would have.

[getagrip_already]

20. How long before he allows that slavery could exist again....

Under the right circumstances.

If states voted to allow it for example.

It would just take a twist of the law, a nod by scotus, and people (women) could be owned by corporations or even individuals (husbands).

Someone should ask him.

[malaise]

23. Who cares what rubbish this fucking dunce spews

His sister and niece told us that he didn’t even sit his own college entrance exam. What the fuck does he know about history?

[sakabatou]

24. Right, and let slavery continue?

[leftyladyfrommo]

25. "Negotiated" is his latest favorite word.

And he's still hung up on "treason."

[cilla4progress]

26. Sick fuck

All of them

[GreenWave]

28. Nah, the rebels would just play the Now is not the time to talk about slavery card.

[Bayard]

29. Heavens to Murgatroyd!

So, he will enslave all black people again when he is declared dictator for life? I'm sure he'd start with Kamala Harris and the Obamas.

He continues to prove that he is an insurrectionist.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

30. Liz Cheney calls TFG out for this stupid claim

Link to tweet

[Chainfire]

31. It was negotiated by Grant and Lee at Appomattox.

Grant laid out the terms and Lee accepted.

[thucythucy]

32. If only Lincoln had followed Washington's lead

and seized the rebel airports.

Honestly, Trump's ignorance is surpassed only by his arrogance.