Posted on 10/12/2018 7:13:42 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
President Trump praised Confederate Geader Robert E. Lee as "a great general" on Friday during a campaign rally in Lebanon, Ohio.
"So Robert E. Lee was a great general. And Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia. He couldn’t beat Robert E. Lee," Trump said before launching into a monologue about Lee, Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant.
"He was going crazy. I don’t know if you know this story. But Robert E. Lee was winning battle after battle after battle. And Abraham Lincoln came home, he said, 'I can’t beat Robert E. Lee,'" Trump said.
"And he had all of his generals, they looked great, they were the top of their class at West Point. They were the greatest people. There’s only one problem — they didn’t know how the hell to win. They didn’t know how to fight. They didn’t know how," he continued.
Trump went on to say, multiple times, that Grant had a drinking problem, saying that the former president "knocked the hell out of everyone" as a Union general.
"Man was he a good general. And he’s finally being recognized as a great general," Trump added.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 13, 2018 Trump has drawn criticism for his defense of Confederate statues, including those of Robert E. Lee.
He drew widespread condemnation last year following a deadly rally in Charlottesville, Va., saying that white nationalist protesters were there to oppose the removal of a "very, very important" statue.
"They were there to protest the taking down of the statue of Robert E. Lee,” Trump said at the time. “This week it's Robert E. Lee. I noticed that Stonewall Jackson is coming down. I wonder, is it George Washington next week and is it Thomas Jefferson the week after? You know, you really do have to ask yourself, where does it stop?”
Trump, speaking at another rally in Ohio last year, said that he can be one of the “most presidential” presidents to hold office. "…With the exception of the late, great Abraham Lincoln, I can be more presidential than any president that’s ever held this office,” he said to a crowd in Youngstown.
>>>Rommel was a good generial<<<
Which is why General Patton read his Book.
He is the history teacher. Oh my what a President
Trump’s making the point that it took Grant, a fighter, to beat Lee.
The story is famous.
“...I pressed upon him with all the earnestness I could command the immediate removal of Grant as an imperious necessity to sustain himself. As was his custom, he said but little...I appealed to Lincoln for his own sake to remove Grant at once...Lincoln remained silent for what seemed a very long time. He then gathered himself up in his chair and said in a tone of earnestness that I shall never forget: ‘I can’t spare this man; he fights.’”
Lincoln did offer Lee command of the entire Union Army at the very beginning of the war.
To make liberals happy, you have to lie like them. Trump refuses to.
I agree.
It didnt help that Lincoln also had some truly awful, awful generals.
Well, he did win. But, as time passed, Grant also had far greater resources, too.
You’re right. The leftist media doesn’t have a clue about decency and honor and righteousness.
Lincoln replaced Gen. George McClella with Grant for one reason:
“He fights.”
Grant went on to lead the Union to victory against Lee. Anyone who has ever visited Appomattox Courthouse will know this, So Trump’s comments are historically accurate. And in their failed effort to make Trump look like a fool, the mainstream “reporters” once again have displayed their own insipid foolishness.
Yes, as controversial as it may be, Grant was a great general.
I’ve read Lee is the only General throughout history that was offered full command of both sides of an opposing force.
Stonewall.
Lee had advantages because he was fighting a defensive war and was forced take risks for that reason. When your risky move span out, you look even smarter.
I wouldn’t say grant was a more brilliant military tactician than Lee was, but he at least knew what was necessary to beat Lee, and didn’t hesitate like McClellan and all those other clowns did.
A lot of men had to die, and Grant knew that. But he didn’t retreat after heavy losses, which helped him eventually beat Lee.
[Grant was relentless, and in my humble opinion, a greater General than Lee.]
If he hadnt been shot by his own men, the South would be independent.
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