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.
You hit the Bullseye! Thank you.
You’re right.
Napoleon Bonaparte was a egomaniacal dictator--and yet he is also widely regarded as one of history's most able generals. Shall we mention Julius Caesar? Then let's go to Oliver Cromwell.
No one in polite society today endorses the politics of these men--but any historically literate person knows these guys kicked major ass.
You’re welcome.
One of the greatest, if not the greatest American general.
That’s the truth. I think that is the most frustrating part of this.
From experience, it is impossible to reason with them, let alone persuade them. They are ignorant of what’s going on, unable to discern and don’t even know what critical thinking is.
To the Left, the Truth is whatever they want it to be.
They must be approached on a personal basis. They can’t see the big picture so it must be shown to them in a way that they can relate to.
Grant understood that attrition was on his side.
You’re right. Thank you.
Grant threw his men into meat grinders because he knew he could replace them.
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That’s right. Grant knew attrition was on his side. Lee understood it, too.
Giap was a mediocre general.
Had Lee equal resources, he would have quickly defeated Grant. Grant won because he had four times the manpower and four times the industrial support, such as train assets and ship assets.
Amen.
Lee was a great General. His tactics at Chancellorsville are still studied and used today. Dividing his army three times in the face of the enemy while being outnumbered three to one, was nothing short of a masterful use of speed and maneuver as a force multiplier.
Donald Trump, King of Trolls. He has a different way from Reagan of making heads explode. Both are thoroughly enjoyable to watch.
Wow
80 posts before your strawman bullshit
Feel better ?
Just shows this forum as a whole is a far better place than you handful of south haters
So go screw yourself
I have been very curious on this particular point. I've read that he was in Texas when Sumter fell, but that he turned down the offer of the Army (in Washington DC) shortly thereafter.
How was he contacted in order to send him to Washington? It seems to me it would have taken a long time to get a message to him, and then it would have taken him some time to get to Washington.
When was he sent for?
A bit touchy, eh?
umm, no, McClellan was not replaced with Grant. Burnside replaced McClellan. Grant didn’t come east until much later.
Army of the Potomac: Commanders
Brigadier General Irvin McDowell: Commander of the Army and Department of Northeastern Virginia (May 27 – July 25, 1861)
Major General George B. McClellan: Commander of the Military Division of the Potomac, and later, the Army and Department of the Potomac (July 26, 1861 – November 9, 1862)
Major General Ambrose E. Burnside: Commander of the Army of the Potomac (November 9, 1862 – January 26, 1863)
Major General Joseph Hooker: Commander of the Army and Department of the Potomac (January 26 – June 28, 1863)
Major General George G. Meade: Commander of the Army of the Potomac† (June 28, 1863 – June 28, 1865)
†Major General John G. Parke took brief temporary command during Meade’s absences on four occasions during this period)
Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, general-in-chief of all Union armies, located his headquarters with the Army of the Potomac and provided operational direction to Meade from May 1864 to April 1865, but Meade retained command of the Army of the Potomac.
“Dividing his army three times in the face of the enemy while being outnumbered three to one, was nothing short of a masterful use of speed and maneuver as a force multiplier.”
Didn’t work so well for Custer in 1876...
Go Trump!
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