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March 16, 2017

Trump's Visit to Honor Andrew Jackson Draws Criticism
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President Trump spent part of Wednesday in Nashville, Tennessee, where
he honored former President Andrew Jackson, laying a wreath at Jackson's
tomb site and comparing himself to the former president during a visit
to Jackson's plantation, the Hermitage. President Jackson was a
slaveholder who also signed the order to forcibly remove 16,000 Native
Americans from their lands in what became known as the Trail of Tears.
Trump's words and visit drew condemnation from many, including members
of the Cherokee Nation, who called Jackson "a destructive man, to not
just Cherokee people, but Native people in general."


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