Why Trump is fixated on Abe Lincoln

Trump's habit is to treat Lincoln not only as a giant of history, but something of a political contemporary. And a flawed one at that.

WASHINGTON — Back in his first term, Donald Trump was talking to a senior White House aide, Steve Bannon, about potential films to show in the building’s movie theater.

Bannon suggested Ken Burns’ classic documentary on the Civil War, thinking it would be instructive to see how an earlier president, Abraham Lincoln, struggled to find capable generals.

At that, Trump mentioned how once he had been flipping through the channels at his home in Bedminster, New Jersey, saw that the nine-part series was airing, and watched the whole thing, Bannon recounted in an interview.

Forget Joe Biden and Barack Obama; it’s the 16th president who seems to be a Trump fixation.

He muses about Abe Lincoln’s stovepipe hat, presidential bearing and even the mundane details of his daily existence. One of Trump’s curiosities is how the 6-foot-4-inch Lincoln fit into his 19th-century White House bed.

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