Trump: 'Why was there the Civil War?'

[G_j]

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/331349-trump-why-was-there-the-civil-war


President 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]

1. If Jackson had a heart the size of a mustard seed it would still be bigger than Trump's.

I hate this man. Can't he just die a humiliating death on national TV with his evil spawn on the sidelines watching?

[CountAllVotes]

2. Andrew Jackson screwed my family good

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]

5. a heartless pathological criminal by any other name,

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]

7. Cut out of the same cloth

That blanket with smallpox on it dare one suggest?

[muntrv]

3. Donnie Littlehands, Google the resolutions of secession.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornerstone_Speech
On edit:. Cornerstone speech.

[octoberlib]

4. This is straight up dog whistle racism.

There are still old southerners who hate the 5 dollar bill because Lincoln's on it.

[G_j]

10. coded white supremacist speak

to legitimize racism and genocide

[smirkymonkey]

6. What the eff is he even talking about?

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.

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8. He studied History at Trump University

and used "Rush Revere" as the Textbook?

[Wounded Bear]

9. Why was there a Civil War?

Because of dipshits like you, Mr Trump.