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DonViejo

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Sat Feb 18, 2017, 10:06 AM Feb 2017

Mr. Trump, Our 15th President Thanks You - Gail Collins

Gail Collins FEB. 17, 2017

There’s a bright side to everything. It’s true that Donald Trump could turn out to be the worst American president ever. But think how happy that’s going to make James Buchanan fans.

Buchanan’s been on the bottom for 150 years, but his days may be numbered. Sure he sent the country careening into civil war. But he never tweeted about it.

“We’ve heard that from some visitors,” said Patrick Clarke, director of Buchanan’s home in Lancaster, Pa.

You can’t help thinking about this stuff on Presidents’ Day weekend. When the guy we’ve got now has scheduled the first big political rally of his 2020 campaign.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/opinion/mr-trump-our-15th-president-thanks-you.html?emc=edit_th_20170218&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=57435284

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