Trump: ‘Why was there the Civil War?’

Published May 1, 2017 2:32pm ET



President Trump said he doesn’t understand why the Civil War had to be fought instead of lawmakers finding a legislative way to avoid war.

In an interview with the Washington Examiner’s Salena Zito, Trump compared himself to President Andrew Jackson and said Jackson, if he was born later, could have helped avoid the Civil War.

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