remember how he spoke about globalism, about disrupting global order, about going against international institutions and norms that have become the center of u.s. foreign policy and western policy for a long time, the president has been moving in this direction, and these comments i think are reflective of what is at the core of his presidency rather than just a one-off stray remark. let s have a break in our conversation, get in our first break. coming up, the question posed by the president of the united states, quote, why was there the civil war? and his assertion that had andy jackson come along a bit later there wouldn t have been one at all. we ll check all that with jackson s biographer when the 11th hour continues. spontaneous moment? cialis for daily use treats ed and the urinary symptoms of bph. tell your doctor about your medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, or adempas® for pulmonary hypert
okay, let s go. find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. that s amazing! people don t realize, you know, the civil war if you think about it, why? people don t ask that question. but why was there the civil war? why could that one not have been worked out? welcome back to the 11th hour. among president s most perplexing comments today, those on the civil war. and our seventh president, andrew jackson. the topic came up in an interview for sirius xm in the oval office today because presidents have choices in the artwork they hang. the president has chosen to have andy jackon s portrait hanging
what i think trump was doing he was conflating the nullification crisis in 1832-33 with the later march to war. and that was a moment where jackson, if he had been a pure states rights slave-owning man without any nuance, he would have actually been more on the side of those who wanted to pick and choose which federal laws they followed. but he believed instead, as he put it in his nullification proclamation, a document by the way that abraham lincoln called for as he was composing his own first inaugural, he said that the country was one great family and that we had to work out our difference under the same roof. and so there s a lot to learn from jackson, both positively and negatively. i just think if there were more of an engagement with that i think that would be more assuring to those of us who do think historically, sometimes at her peril. eugene, i was wondering how many people thought of f.d.r.
what is i think unsettling, if you will, is that and with all respect to my friend gene, i think jackson has a lot to teach him if he would pause and think about it for just a moment a two. andrew jackson was a great unionist. his mother and his brothers died in the revolution. he believed that their blood had sanctified the union. what i think trump was doing he was conflating the nullification crisis in 1832-33 with the later march to war. and that was a moment where jackson, if he had been a pure states rights slave-owning man without any nuance, he would have actually been more on the side of those who wanted to pick and choose which federal laws they followed. but he believed instead, as he put it in his nullification proclamation, a document by the way that abraham lincoln called for as he was composing his own first inaugural, he said that the country was one great family
the civil war as william suard said was an irrepressible conflict, we could not endure as lincoln pointed out, half slave and half free. there were attempts at compromise. and lincoln was willing, after he became president after he was elected in the winter of 1860 in what was called the secession election of 60-61. he was going to led let slavery remain in the south where it was. he drew a line at letting it expand westward. but the civil war was the continued existence of and possible expansion of slavery was the way of trying to avoid the civil war. eugene, choosing this