Trump Faces Historian Backlash for Claiming Civil War Was Negotiable

Former President Donald Trump, during rallies in Iowa, made controversial remarks suggesting the Civil War could have been negotiated, avoiding the need to remember Abraham Lincoln. He praised January 6 insurrectionists as "peaceful" and "patriotic," attacked President Joe Biden, and disparaged his Republican rivals. Trump also dismissed allegations of sexual assault by E. Jean Carroll as fabricated, while President Biden condemned Trump's actions related to the January 6 attack as a dereliction of duty and blamed him for the violence and deaths that occurred.