Twitter Hilariously Mocks Trump’s ‘Totally Bizarre’ Question Asking ‘Why Was There the Civil War?’
GoFundMe Campaign Started to ‘Finally Get to the Bottom of a Question That Literally No One Has Ever Pondered’
President Donald Trump’s inane comments have once again sparked hysterical response on social media, this time with what The Washington Post just called his “totally bizarre claim about avoiding the Civil War.”
In an interview with the Washington Examiner, President Trump discussed how angry the late President Andrew Jackson was about the American Civil War.
Here’s the audio on that Trump answer: “Why was there the Civil War? Why could that one not have been worked out?” pic.twitter.com/tEUFGRDMSM
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 1, 2017
“He was really angry that he saw what was happening with regard to the Civil War,” Trump told the Examiner’s Salena Zito. “He said, ‘There’s no reason for this.’ 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 a Civil War? Why could that one not have been worked out?”
Well, one problem: Andrew Jackson, president until 1837, died eight years later, in 1845. The Civil War began 16 years after his death, in 1861. Of course, slavery should have come to mind as well.
The President once again has demonstrated a glaring lack of understanding of history. And while not a pre-requisite to hold the Oval Office, it would be nice if America’s President either understood America’s history, or did not discuss it publicly in such an embarrassing fashion.
Folks on Twitter are right now having a field day mocking the nation’s 45th President.
One, a ThinkProgress editor, has even created a GoFundMe campaign.
I’ve started a GoFundMe to get to the bottom of that vexing question “why was there the Civil War?” https://t.co/WrtWV2KrRD pic.twitter.com/R7Ds4E4gwh
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) May 1, 2017
Inspired by President Donald Trump, this project will finally get to the bottom of a question that literally no one has ever pondered at any point in American history — “why was there the Civil War?”Â
There is no reason for this. People don’t realize, you know, the Civil War, if you think about it, why?
Another, a law professor, offers this response:
My favorite Andrew Jackson anecdote is when he took a wagon full of Pepsi to Gettysburg as a peace offering.
— Anthony M. Kreis (@AnthonyMKreis) May 1, 2017
Conservative pundit:
The punchline is not the Jackson comment, but Trump’s self congratulation on being 1st to ask why the Civil War had to happen
— David Frum (@davidfrum) May 1, 2017
U.S. Congresswoman:
President Trump doesn’t understand why there was a Civil War.
It’s because my ancestors and millions of others were enslaved. https://t.co/dFjpbp1pUy
— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) May 1, 2017
More:
Trump thinks Andrew Jackson was alive during the civil war, and also maybe doesn’t know why the civil war happened https://t.co/IrC7b6h43Y
— Mazel Tov Cocktail (@AdamSerwer) May 1, 2017
Also! This is an example of Trump projecting his ignorance—he just learned about the Civil War I guess—on unnamed others. “People.”
— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) May 1, 2017
you know in his head trump thinks he could have “negotiated a deal” to prevent the civil war. based on his record, we’d still be slaves.
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 1, 2017
Trump says Andrew Jackson could’ve stopped the civil war bc he had a “big heart.” Jackson owned slaves and caused the Trail of Tears. https://t.co/CrUaypU63V
— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) May 1, 2017
They deny the Holocaust and the cause of the Civil War, if anyone’s wondering where we’re headed under this presidency.
— Broderick Greer (@BroderickGreer) May 1, 2017
Trump’s Civil War quote seems as much a part of his refusal to recognize black humanity as it is a product of his intellectual laziness.
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) May 1, 2017
If someone says, “But re: Civil War, Trump only meant…”
You need to reply, “Look, you fucking moron, this isn’t difficult…”#CivilWar https://t.co/LueInmrqzL
— Charles Clymer (@cmclymer) May 1, 2017
Trump’s answer on Andrew Jackson and the Civil War just earned him a Betsy DeVos scholarship.
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) May 1, 2017
Dear Mr.President,
My toddler can explain to you why we had a civil war. I’ll have him bring his crayons so you can follow along. #civilwar— Tabitha Becker (@SmplyPrecocious) May 1, 2017
Trump says that the racist, slaveholding, genocidal maniac Andrew Jackson could have prevented the Civil War. Oh, and he had “a big heart.”
— Stacey Patton (@DrStaceyPatton) May 1, 2017
Congratulations to Encyclopaedia Britannica For sub-tweeting Trump:
The American Civil War was “the culmination of decades of growing sectional friction over slavery.” https://t.co/iSEzOHykDb pic.twitter.com/QcjhVSDhJU
— Britannica (@Britannica) May 1, 2017
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