He was vain, brash, intolerant, impulsive, an unrepentant speculator, a literal slave driver and eager warmonger. And now, according to Trumps White House advisers and President Trump himself, hes the role model for what they hope a Trump presidency will be like.
News arrived Wednesday that Trump had a portrait of Andrew Jackson hung in the Oval Office. In his first televised address from the office on Wednesday, Trump compared his election to Jacksons. That followed Trumps boasts to 500 GOP donors last week: There hasnt been anything like this since Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson! What year was Andrew Jackson? That was…
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