With the Covid shut down I have had the opportunity to read extensively about Andrew Jackson and his era. The parallels to President Trump are striking. I no longer wonder why President Trump references Andrew Jackson frequently. The "swamp" existed in the 1820's as today. Elitist politicians, e.g. Henry Clay exemplified the morass that Jackson faced.
I would encourage reading about this era and then ask yourself why the democrat party of today has rejected both Jefferson and Jackson.
The Democrats tend to have an issue with past Presidents. None of them are woke enough for the current climate.
Jackson was a man against the Swamp, hated the US Bank, early version of the Fed. But he also started the Trail of Tears.
FDR? Record amounts of social spending for the time period, but he also interred Japanese Americans.
JFK? Supported civil rights, but was also a womanizer.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
Andrew Jackson was no saint. For that matter neither was St. Augustine in his wild years. At the time he drove the Indians out of the Southeastern U.S. that was the policy of the government. From the 2020 hindsight (that's a pun 20-20 eyesight) he was a racist. So where all people of the U.S. in the 1820's.
He fought against the Establishment, who felt the people couldn't be trusted. As you said, he also opposed the National Bank, and I feel rightly so. Again the Establishment felt that control of the currency was necessary. A true champion of the people, he opened the White House to the people on inauguration day.
Married a "married" woman, fought duels, and championed the soldiers, not the brass.
Lots of reasons for the democrats to now turn their backs on him. White, male, didn't back down, stayed true to his convictions.
Suffice it to say, the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner is no longer in the democrat repertoire.
Jefferson will be discussed in a later post.
