President Donald Trump is causing an uproar again this morning after a bizarre interview where he praised President Andrew Jackson and questioned the reason behind the Civil War. His remarks were from a radio conversation with Sirius XM's Salena Zito on Monday morning.
"I mean had Andrew Jackson been a little later you wouldn't have had the Civil War. He was a really tough person, but he had a big heart," Trump said, despite the fact that Jackson was behind Native American removal, the Trail of Tears and owned about 150 slaves.
"He was really angry that he saw what was happening with regard to the Civil War, he said, 'There's no reason for this,'" Trump added. Jackson died in 1845. The Civil War began in 1861.
"People don't realize, you know, the Civil War, if you think about it, why?," he added, seeming to forget the basic curriculum of an American history class. "People don't ask that question, but why was there a Civil War? Why could that one not have been worked out?" Hint: slavery. Another hint: "states' rights."
Listen to the exchange here:
The quote sent Twitter in a frenzy. Here's what some people had to say:
