Trump Dismisses Lincoln’s ‘Little Civil War’ While Arguing He’s Been Treated Much Worse Than 16th President

Former President Donald Trump sarcastically downplayed the Civil War to advance the argument that he’s been treated worse than any other president in American history.

Speaking to supporters at a rally in Las Vegas on Saturday, the Republican frontrunner claimed that he has been treated worse than President Abraham Lincoln — who led the country during the Civil War.

TRUMP: Somehow it all works out somehow. People say, how do you do it, sir? How do you do it? I get two questions. If you had it to do again, would you do it? Because, you know, in history, they say the president that was treated the worst was Abraham Lincoln. But he had the Civil War, you know. So he had a little Civil War going, Abraham Lincoln. And Jackson was treated very badly, and a couple of others were treated. Andrew Jackson, he was treated very badly and a few others, and I haven’t seen the new list. But if I’m not number one over Abraham Lincoln, I will be very disappointed because I don’t believe any presidents ever been. And they do that because their policies can’t work. This is the only way.

The former president has been indicted four times in four different jurisdisctions for a variety of alleged crimes, including his handling of classified material and his attempts to overturn the election.

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