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First of all, you know extremely little about P.T. Barnum, so allow me to educated you and anyone else here, who might care about him and stop misusing his name.

Barnum NEVER said :"THERE'S A SUCKER BORN EVERY MINUTE.", no matter what believe.

Not only was Barnum a Republican, but a conservative one and an anti-slavery one at that. He was also a very popular Mayor of Bridgeport, Ct., but also served four terms in the Ct. Legislature.

He opened and ran a newspaper in Ct., was a talent promoter ( Jenny Lind and others ), a philanthropist, an author of several books ( one debunking spiritualists, an auto-bio, one on how to make money and a few others )an owner of museums, producer of a Minstrel show, his famous one with General Tom Thumb, Jumbo and others, and finally, in his later years a circus.

In some ways, yes , P.T. and Trump are similar; just NOT in the uneducated, very stupid, puerile way you meant it to be.

I live near the town where he and his family lived, from early COLONIAL DAYS, so I actually know all about him and his family. I have even been by his boyhood home, many time over and have visited the graveyard where his ancestors are buried.

Barnum was a many sided, very interesting man, who was a prominent historical figure in the history of not only New England, but also this nation. His family is also filled with people who should be better known.

Now that you have been schooled...go away and thing about it all.

Thanks for your very informative history lesson. but it is apparent you got the point.