“That’s basically right.”Trump: ‘I mean had Andrew Jackson been a little later you wouldn’t have had the Civil War. The Civil War broke out in 1861. Mr. Meacham said he thought that Mr. Trump may have been referring to the nullification crisis, which did occur during Jackson’s lifetime. Why could that one not have been worked out?’Mr. Trump has questioned the necessity of the Civil War before, in an interview with Mr. Meacham before the election. Had Jackson been alive at the start of the Civil War, Mr. Meacham said, it would be difficult to predict his reaction.

Source: New York Times May 01, 2017 17:26 UTC