Trump: "Why was there a Civil War?"

[Jacque67 7,328]

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.

 

"People don't ask that question, but why was there the Civil War? Why could that one not have been worked out?"

[Jacque67 7,328]

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

 

good grief!!!!

[IAMX 3,055]

Trump has an opinion..

 

 

[CaliCat 3,957]

1 hour ago, Jacque67 said:

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.'" 

 

ckson, 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.

 

"People don't ask that question, but why was there the Civil War? Why could that one not have been worked out?"

 

So much wisdom. One doesn't know where to begin. LOL.

[yuna628 9,873]

I see someone needs to brush up on their edukayshun.

[bcking 3,157]

I just read about this.

 

Here he goes again with the "No one looks into this" or "No one realizes" statements....

 

He acts as if his knowledge represents the full font available to the entire world population.

 

No one has looked into why the Civil War happened? Really? No one?

 

He should just google "Why did the Civil War happen" and pick up a book. There are literally dozens.

[bcking 3,157]

Someone should forward these along to Trump, and maybe explain to him what a book actually is:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Cry-Freedom-Civil-War/dp/019516895X

 

https://www.amazon.com/Impending-Crisis-1848-1861-David-Potter/dp/0061319295/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=068QEZV116MVYA8A2A2K

 

https://www.amazon.com/Causes-Civil-War-Revised-Touchstone/dp/0671751557

 

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/a-nation-divided-jeff-putnam/1112536528/2676220113479?st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Marketplace+Shopping+Books_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP2782&k_clickid=3x2782

 

Here is a whole list of more:

 

https://www.questia.com/library/history/military-history/wars-battles-and-military-interventions/u-s-civil-war/u-s-civil-war-causes

 

No one has ever asked that question before....

Edited May 1, 2017 by bcking

[bcking 3,157]

1 hour ago, IAMX said:

Trump has an opinion..

 

 

"People don't ask that question, but why was there the Civil War?"

 

There have been countless historians asking that question, and dozens of books written about it. It is not an opinion, it's wrong.

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

3 minutes ago, bcking said:

I just read about this.

 

Here he goes again with the "No one looks into this" or "No one realizes" statements....

 

He acts as if his knowledge represents the full font available to the entire world population.

 

No one has looked into why the Civil War happened? Really? No one?

 

He should just google "Why did the Civil War happen" and pick up a book. There are literally dozens.

Who knew?

[bcking 3,157]

2 minutes ago, ccneat said:

Who knew?

People should really write a book on why America was founded. I think no one has looked into that. I think it's a good question. Someone should do that.

[bcking 3,157]

I'll give another freebie to anyone -

 

Write a book about the causes of World War 1. Totally good idea, and no one has looked into it either. I bet you could find quite a bit if you did some research. No one has looked into it before.

 

 

I find it hilarious that anyone can trust this man's business acumen. He thinks looking into the "causes of the civil war" would be a novel idea? 

 

In the business world that would be like advocating for investing in the internal combustion engine. Really novel. No one is doing it yet. Get in on the ground floor!

Edited May 1, 2017 by bcking

[yuna628 9,873]

Oh well you see, that's the thing... in some circles the reason why the Civil War happened is very different than what is known in other circles. Which is at the heart of what he's getting at, rather poorly of course (he must have gotten his cliff notes from Bannon mixed up poor lamb...), he should take a brief refresher course by watching Drunk History, that'll sort things out.

 

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

2 minutes ago, bcking said:

People should really write a book on why America was founded. I think no one has looked into that. I think it's a good question. Someone should do that.

 Books..what a concept

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

7 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

Oh well you see, that's the thing... in some circles the reason why the Civil War happened is very different than what is known in other circles. Which is at the heart of what he's getting at, rather poorly of course (he must have gotten his cliff notes from Bannon mixed up poor lamb...), he should take a brief refresher course by watching Drunk History, that'll sort things out.

 

what if the entire Trump presidency is some sort of Drunk History binge-a-thon?

[bcking 3,157]

3 minutes ago, ccneat said:

 Books..what a concept

No one has done that before. Someone should take many pages of paper and bind them together. That person would be so successful. So succesful. Never been done before.