He fired his vp, Hannibal, and got a Southern, got a Democrat from Tennessee to run his V.P. a national union party was it called? And until Atlanta fell. Remember, Lincoln gave that memo to his cabinet. They think Trump gave some memos to his cabinet. He gave a memo, what, In August of 1864 that kind of said, hey, we got into this and I'm going to see it through. (56:48–56:53)
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Suggests that Lincoln and Trump both gave significant memos to their cabinets.
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