a loss for words
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NBC's beyond dishonest reporting on this makes you want to toss the TV. But there is a lot to dislike in Trump's telling of this thing. he is not being remotely accurate, but he is trying to tell a story. And the point he is making is a valid one.
Part of the problem is in order to make Grant as great as he was, he needs to build up Lee. And the generals who surrounded Lincoln did have too much respect for Lee. Lee wasn't that good, but the generals Lincoln appointed, MacCleland, Hooker, Burnside, were that bad. Lee beat them all resoundingly. If Lee was that great the theory goes, Grant is substantially better. Which is the point Trump was making.
The second point he was making was these generals didn't know what they were doing. Lee knew what his goal was. So did Grant. The others were clueless.
As a history major, this was horrible. Crazy. The worst thing. As story telling to make a point, this was the best since Aesop