Conservative zeroes in on 'least plausible' claim Trump made about Civil War

Donald Trump blamed the Civil War on Abraham Lincoln in a campaign speech over the weekend, but conservative Charlie Sykes said his sourcing was implausible.

The ex-president spoke to supporters in Iowa, where he claimed Lincoln should have "negotiated" an end to slavery to avoid bloodshed, and Sykes told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that was one more example of Trump's right-wing extremism.

"The reality is, Donald Trump right now is so far off the normal spectrum of American politics that it's been difficult for the last seven years to talk about it," Sykes said. "It is going to be difficult for the next year without sounding like we are suffering from 'Trump derangement syndrome.' The reality is, Donald Trump is saying, basically, you think I'm dangerous? Hold my beer – this is what I'm going to do, this is what I believe."

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Trump suggested that he'd read a book laying out the case to negotiate an end to slavery, which historians have roundly agreed would not have been possible to avoid its expansion or bring about emancipation, and Sykes ridiculed the former president's intellectual abilities.

"By the way, I have to say, the least plausible thing that he said over the weekend was that he was actually reading something," Sykes said.

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