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LudwigPastorius

(13,296 posts)

14. He absolutely does.

Reply to Bayard (Reply #9)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 11:45 PM

Aug 22

https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/trump-brings-removal-president-andrew-jackson-back-to-the-oval-office

https://www.usnews.com/news/ken-walshs-washington/articles/2017-03-16/president-donald-trump-pays-homage-to-andrew-jackson

But it's clear that Trump sees many aspects of himself in Jackson, the nation's seventh president who held office from 1829-37. Trump went further than ever in comparing himself to Old Hickory when he visited the Hermitage, Jackson's 1,000-acre estate in Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday, marking the 250th anniversary of Jackson's birth. His speech there revealed much about Trump's own presidency as he described why he admires Jackson so much. As a gesture of appreciation, Trump has begun prominently displaying the seventh president's portrait in the Oval Office.

Trump said Jackson recognized that "true leadership" means "putting America first" – one of Trump's campaign slogans