Presidents Make History. Should They Also Know History?

President Trump’s recent statement that President Andrew Jackson could have prevented the Civil War sent people back to their history books. It was the latest in a string of comments that have caused historians and others to question Trump’s knowledge about America’s past.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson asks historian Julian Zelizer (@julianzelizer) of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School how much presidents’ knowledge of history matters.

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