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
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Latest Breaking News
In reply to the discussion: Trump makes puzzling claim about Andrew Jackson, Civil War [View all]MBS
(9,688 posts)44. This person has no business being in the White House
At all.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
Recommendations
0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):
79 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
It sounds like the results of a briefing to which he was only paying partial attention.
6000eliot
May 2017
#79
ask the indigenous peoples about "indian killer" andrew jackson--indian removal act, trail of tears,
niyad
May 2017
#8
Amazing how some posters jumped into this thread to defend Jackson AND Trump.
Kingofalldems
May 2017
#31
After the massacre at Bowling Green, the War of Northern Aggression was inevitable...
Sancho
May 2017
#14
I think that this is an intentional communication to self-identified white supremacists.
David__77
May 2017
#16
For Northerners (outside of abolitionalists), it boiled down to "unfair economics"
BumRushDaShow
May 2017
#24
No, it's not. It's actually really simple. PGT Beauregard opened fire on a
KingCharlemagne
May 2017
#45
Most people in the North in 1860 were indifferent to the institution of slavery, provided
KingCharlemagne
May 2017
#73
Obviously the causes of the Civil War are a lot more complicated than the word "slavery."
Yupster
May 2017
#53
How embarrassing are Republicans? Palin, Michelle Bachmann know as much about US history.
Judi Lynn
May 2017
#36