Trump Suggests Civil War Could Have Been ‘Settled’

Donald Trump questioned why the Civil War wasn’t settled before it started, saying: “Lincoln was probably a great president although I’ve always said, why wasn’t that settled?”

Vanity Fair: “It’s not exactly clear what Trump thinks Lincoln should have done to ‘settle’ the dispute between the North and the South, the latter of which seceded from the Union largely because it wanted to keep enslaving people. Does Trump think Abe should have come to the negotiating table, Art of the Deal–style, and let the South keep some slaves? Because that’s what it sounds like.”