Wednesday, June 10, 2020

It's Not Clear If Trump Knows The Confederacy Supported Slavery And Lost The Civil War

Incredible? ... It's de rigueur.

In April 2017, Trump displayed his ignorance of American history while talking to Salena Zito of the Washington Examiner.
According to Zito on a CNN appearance, Trump had been looking at a portrait of the seventh president, Andrew Jackson, stating that "had Andrew Jackson been a little later," and if he had been president of the United States during the Civil War, there may not have been a war. Trump lamented that since Jackson "saw what was happening with regard to the Civil War" and was so concerned about it, he could have prevented the Civil War if he had been president.
Andrew Jackson was president from 1829-1837. He died in 1845, roughly 16 years before the Civil War began.

At the time, Maria T. Cardona of The Hill suggested Trump should
be a bit more curious about the world around him, about its history, about facts, about truth, about learning, about surrounding yourself with people who are subject matter experts, who know how to govern, who understand public policy, who have experience in politics, and to become perhaps a bit more erudite in the issues you are trying to change for the American people.

Trump's ignorance in history is alarming not only in and of itself, but more so because it betrays an ignorance in most things having to do with running the country. We have all heard just how incurious he is about the specifics of issues, about the nitty gritty on legislative proposals and policies. That is not even the worst of it.

We have had other presidents who did not show a high-level of intellectual rigor. But they surrounded themselves with a team who did and who could inform their boss of the effects of what they were trying to do, how it would impact real people, and at the very least, ensure the president knew what was in hallmark legislation when the president spoke about it publicly. ...

[Expecting Trump to understand what he's talking about] is not an elitist point of view. It is a common-sense one. ...

You should not hire a plumber if your house is on fire.


The rednecks who revere the Confederate flag are an interesting bunch. They claim they love the United States more than anyone, but they also worship the flag of a country made up of states that hated the United States so much that they seceded and fought a war against the US. Those good ol' boys might as well fly the flag of Japan from their pickup trucks. It makes the same amount of sense.

That's a big clue that the true reason they fly the Confederate flag is because it's a potent symbol of white supremacy. It sends the message that its advocates hate all non-white people and are fond of Jim Crow, if not outright slavery.

1 comment:

  1. Maria Cordona said it : moron !

    The US now has a modern day civil war against experts & knowledge - to quote the said Moron ..... SAD !

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