Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

struggle4progress

(118,041 posts)
Mon May 1, 2017, 07:36 PM May 2017

Wacky history lessons continue

By Stephen Collinson, CNN
Updated 3:14 PM ET, Mon May 1, 2017

After puzzling comments about 19th Century abolitionist Frederick Douglass and marveling that no one knew Abraham Lincoln was a Republican, President Donald Trump has just unloaded another historical non sequitur ...

... it doesn't seem too much of a stretch to believe that the US President should know, or might benefit from, the insights and stories of the presidencies that unfolded before he became commander-in-chief.

But .. no one voted for Trump because they thought he was professorial ... Trump's voters often said that the reason they flocked to the reality star and real estate magnate is that he was prepared to say things .. they had long yearned for a presidential candidate to say ...


http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/01/politics/donald-trump-andrew-jackson-us-history/

2 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Wacky history lessons continue (Original Post) struggle4progress May 2017 OP
I'm enjoying the #TrumpTeachesHistory tag on twitter femmedem May 2017 #1
They voted for him because hes a fucking morAn, Volaris May 2017 #2

femmedem

(8,188 posts)
1. I'm enjoying the #TrumpTeachesHistory tag on twitter
Mon May 1, 2017, 07:40 PM
May 2017

7/11. Never forget. Sad.
--@Cole_w

The oceans are only blue because I didn't campaign there. If I had, they'd be red. Like that sea I parted.
--@LaurieCrosswell

Volaris

(10,260 posts)
2. They voted for him because hes a fucking morAn,
Mon May 1, 2017, 07:46 PM
May 2017

Just like them. Trump, by leaps and bounds more than Obama ever did, proves that ANYONE can be elected President in america. Even an illiterate dipstick fuckhead racist.

Maybe we shouldn't try and take that away from all the other Illiterate Dipstick Fuckhead Racists???

Thats all I can come up with...everything else is just mean so I can't say it.

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Wacky history lessons con...