The Young Turks recently weighed in on comparisons between Donald Trump and Andrew Jackson / Gage Skidmore, Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0
A bust of the 7th President of the United States Andrew Jackson / Phil Roeder, Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0
The Young Turks recently weighed in on comparisons between Donald Trump and Andrew Jackson / Gage Skidmore, Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0
A bust of the 7th President of the United States Andrew Jackson / Phil Roeder, Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0
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Cenk Uygur, and other members of The Young Turks, recently discussed comparisons being made between President Donald Trump and the 7th President of the United States Andrew Jackson, including a suggestion by former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, and 'white nationalist' William Johnson, that the president defy court rulings, and follow Jackson's 'Trail of Tears' precedent, where over 4,000 members of the Cherokee Nation were killed, which the TYT founder described as among the 'darkest' moments in American history.

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