Cantelo wrote:The Emerald Legion wrote:
Possible, but we can't know how the Union would have reacted to a more diplomatic and less jingoistic Confederacy.
Lincoln wanted to keep the Union together at all costs. That should tell you the approach that the United States had towards the insurrection. All that the attack on Fort Sumter did was tell Lincoln he needed to haul ass on a response to the rebellion.
And Trump wants to build a wall at all costs. Do you honestly think he'd be able to start the most bloody war in US history to accomplish it if that war wasn't already started for him?
Lincoln, like any president, had limits on his power.