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Is Donald Trump the new Andrew Jackson?

For many years, the burden of the federal bureaucracy has been an impediment to mine development on the public domain In Alaska

There have been numerous comparisons of President Trump to President Jackson in the news and elsewhere, some of which have not been flattering to either; however, it does seem reasonable to take a brief look at the past in order to make an educated guess about the future.

First, the two men are extraordinarily different. Jackson was a war hero, despite the fact that his most noteworthy victory, at...

 

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