A Parallel to Trump

[BaalChatzaf]

It just occurred to me that there is an historical parallel to Donald Trump in American history.  It was the administration of Andrew Jackson.  Andrew Jackson was a political outsider and very much  misaligned with the then current political establishment.  He opposed the National Bank  at a time when many of the politically connected (including members of Congress)  had  business connections and moneyed interests with the Bank.  Jackson boldly  set out to prevent the Bank from being rechartered.  He won again in 1832  with the backing of voters who had just recently gained the right to vote  through Jackson's efforts.  Prior to  Jackson's first term the qualification for voters in the various states was modified to allow working men who did not own land or businesses to vote.  It was these newly franchised voters who gave Jackson an overwhelming electoral vote in the 1832 election.  Sound familiar?   Jackson wasn't supposed to win  but he did.  Jackson was also a rich guy.  He was a cotton planter and owned 100 slaves to do his work.  He was no fine port wine sipping  banker-financier gentleman.   He was a down to earth business man who made a bundle.  Does this sound familiar.

Jackson was a populist who won two terms  and killed the National Bank dead for 77 years until it was re-created in 1913 in the form of the Federal Reserve Bank.

[Peter]

Ba’al wrote: It just occurred to me that there is an historical parallel to Donald Trump in American history.  It was the administration of Andrew Jackson.  Andrew Jackson was a political outsider and very much  misaligned with the then current political establishment . . . . end quote

I remember that President Jackson let a bunch of yahoos into the White House after his inauguration. It will be interesting to see what the political cartoonists of our generation do about Trump’s inauguration.

Peter 

[BaalChatzaf]

32 minutes ago, Peter said:

Ba’al wrote: It just occurred to me that there is an historical parallel to Donald Trump in American history.  It was the administration of Andrew Jackson.  Andrew Jackson was a political outsider and very much  misaligned with the then current political establishment . . . . end quote

I remember that President Jackson let a bunch of yahoos into the White House after his inauguration. It will be interesting to see what the political cartoonists of our generation do about Trump’s inauguration.

Peter 

They will have a wonderful time.  Trump is the best break the political cartoonists have received in a great while. 

The cartoonists also had a grand time back in the day of Andrew Jackson.  King Andrew the First they called and drew him. 

[Brant Gaede]

1 hour ago, BaalChatzaf said:

They will have a wonderful time.  Trump is the best break the political cartoonists have received in a great while. 

The cartoonists also had a grand time back in the day of Andrew Jackson.  King Andrew the First they called and drew him. 

Drawn and quartered?

--Brant

[BaalChatzaf]

1 hour ago, Brant Gaede said:

Drawn and quartered?

--Brant

No. He died in his own bed of old age.

[Brant Gaede]

2 hours ago, BaalChatzaf said:

No. He died in his own bed of old age.

Our biggest SOB President, not that other Presidents haven't done more harm.

--Brant

looks good on a 20 dollar bill

[BaalChatzaf]

1 hour ago, Brant Gaede said:

Our biggest SOB President, not that other Presidents haven't done more harm.

--Brant

looks good on a 20 dollar bill

Jackson hated the idea of a central government sponsored bank passionately.  It is ironic that his portrait is on a Federal Reserve Note  which is issued by a privately owned banking system that handles money for the government.  This is essentially the same as the U.S. Bank  which he loathed and helped to discharter.   

[BaalChatzaf]

I am not the only one who sees a similarity to and a parallel to Donald Trump and Andrew Jackson.

1. Jackson had only marginally more political experience than Donald Trump before assuming office

2. Jackson was scornful  of the then existing  political  elites.  Jackson reviled Clay

3. Jackson did not have a regard for the Supreme Court.  He organized and executed the forced transport  of Cherokee to the Western Lands.  The so called "trail of tears",  America's version of the Bataan Death March.  The Supreme Court support the claim of the Cherokee nation against the seizure of their lands and won in Court.  Jackson said  "Justice Marshall (John Marshall)  has made his decision, now let him enforce it"

4. Jackson hated the National Bank, the brain child of Alexander Hamilton. After Jackson got done, the U.S. had no national bank for 77 years until 1913 when the Federal Reserve Act was passed. Jackson had no hesitation fighting establishment institutions and when he fought against them, he went for the jugular.

Have a look at this article  https://theconversation.com/donald-trump-and-andrew-jackson-more-in-common-than-just-populism-73424

Historically  Andrew Jackson, bad manners  and rough behavior and all was good news for the United States....