[Jim Noble]

Trump is Not the First President to Face Down a Deep State Cabal

Correct.

There was JFK, and Nixon. Both lost.

[oldplayer]

I have never been a fan of Jackson. But, several years ago it became clear to me that the Eastern Elites hated and feared him because he “was not one of them.” First President to be raised outside of the cabal.

[Fido969]

Ugh. Andrew Jackson, first Democrat president, started the “spoils system.”

[walkingdead]

Yep he got rid of the bank (same as the Federal Reserve today) and was the only president to get rid of the US debt completely. Amazing what can be done when you do not have the Federal Reserve, which by the way is private not federal.

[null and void]

The government wants to disarm us after 244 yrs 'cuz they plan to do things we would shoot them for!

At no point in history has any government ever wanted its people to be defenseless for any good reason ~ nully's son

The biggest killer of mankind

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[lizma2]

Add Lincoln to the list

https://canadafreepress.com/article/mail-in-ballots-were-part-of-a-plot-to-deny-lincoln-reelection-in-1864

[sauropod]

bkmk

[SamuraiScot]

Great column. Spot on.

[Larry Lucido]

He told his close friend and advisor Martin Van Buren: “The Bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it!”

And the rest, they say, is Lorenzo's Pizza history.

[foreverfree]

bump

[WildHighlander57]

That’s one of the reasons President Trump has a portrait of Jackson in a prominent place in the White House.

[GBA]

A sobering reminder from history with some helpful insights for today, too.

Thanks for posting this. Happy Monday!

[thoughtomator]

Fiorello La Guardia vs. Tammany Hall is the model Trump is following. As a New Yorker he would know the history very well.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

And by destroying the Bank of the US Jackson set the country spiraling into a depression that lasted about 20 years.

That depression was the cause for his turning on his Cherokee allies who had fought with them so he could take their gold rich land.

Didn't work of course.

But it is ironic to try to portray the author of the "spoils system" as some sort of honest man trying to root out corruption.