'The River of Blood'? Trump's Civil War issues actually go way back.

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'The River of Blood'? Trump's Civil War issues actually go way back.
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Donald Trump gave an interview over the weekend (http://mashable.com/2017/05/01/trump-civil-war-comments/#HxZCydxeLIqs?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) in which he pretty much asked why the Civil War was fought. (The answer, of course, is mainly slavery (http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/causes-of-the-civil-war/).)*

Trump was widely criticized and mocked for the gaffe, which seemed to bely (yet again) a shocking level of ig**rance about American history for someone serving as president of the United States of America.*

But it turns out Trump has some history with revisionist Civil War history.*

SEE ALSO: Trump quote of the day: 'Why was there the Civil War?' (http://mashable.com/2017/05/01/trump-civil-war-comments/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)


Back in 2009, Trump bought a golf course in Virginia. He re**vated it and rebranded it as one of his "Trump golf (http://www.trump.com/golf/)" clubs. Between the 14th and 15th holes, according to a New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/us/politics/in-re**vation-of-golf-club-donald-trump-also-dressed-up-history.html?_r=0) report from **vember 2015, Trump had a flag pole, stone surface and plaque built to commemorate something called "The River of Blood."* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/02/trump-civil-war-golf/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

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