Compare And Contrast Trump And Jackson

Recently when Donald Trump became the forty-fifth president, he had stated that he looked up to Andrew Jackson, which was the seventh president. Many had said that Trump and Jackson were really similar in political and other ways. But really, there may be more differences than similarities. But overall, similarities that both Trump and Jackson have included railing against elites and were less outspoken in criticism against other types of rich and powerful government, being discriminating, and that they both were able to work their way up to wealth. However, differences between Trump and Jackson includes that Trump was a Republican, participated in more non-physical actions, and had a smoother beginning. As for Jackson, he was a Democrat, participated

He also wanted to send back people who came from Mexico to the United States with undocumented paperwork. As for Andrew’s side, from Politifact, they states, “‘Jackson had been a large import-export merchant, a lawyer, and judge, and was as of the 1820s one of the largest slave-owners in central Tennessee, a man of immense power over the days and hours and even the lives of about 100 enslaved blacks, not to mention dozens of white debtors.’ Opal said. ‘Yet in his idea of ‘the people,’ he was an ordinary fella, a regular Joe. That is a strange kind of populism.’” This showed that Andrew Jackson was one of the largest slave-owners in central Tennessee. He may have not even care about the slaves’ lives but to treat them in a terrible manner in order for them to understand that they had to work for him. Alo, in The American Journey Textbook,

For one instant, while Trump is a Republican, Jackson was actually a Democrat. According to Dan Zimmerman, as a Republican, Trump supported a limited government where they believed that citizens had the right to choose. As a Democrat, Jackson supported a strong government where the citizens would be supported by the government, not promoting citizens’ individual rights. Another difference between the two presidents was that Trump took a less physical approach for the government while Jackson took a more physical approach to the government. Trump was the president of a world where wars became rare to occur. As for Jackson, he was a president in a world where wars became very common. Jackson was a general in the War of 1812. According to The American Journey Textbook, they stated, “Jackson gained fame during the War of 1812. He led the troops that defeated the Creek Nation in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and defeated the British at the Battle of New Orleans.” As for Trump, he was only able to participate in making changes for the government through changes that would not require an excessive amount of force. And lastly, Trump was able to achieve a smoother beginning while Jackson had a rougher beginning. Even though they were both able to work their way up to wealth, their beginnings were different. As for Trump, he was able to attend a private school in Queens before he enrolled in the New York Military Academy. As for