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Why is Donald Trump being compared to Andrew Johnson?
From George Washington to Donald Trump, the long list of U.S Presidents has made newspaper headlines, whether good or bad. Recently, the spotlight has focused on Donald Trump, who lost his re-election campaign against Joe Biden.
Following the ending of Trump’s Presidential term in the White House, the nation’s media could not resist drawing a comparison between the 17th President of the United States, Andrew Johnson, and the 45th President, Donald Trump.
While it is no secret how Trump’s racist personality and insensitive public comments always managed to keep him in the headlines, the media found that the uncanny similarities between him and Johnson aligned too well to ignore.
Trump and Johnson’s Refusal to Attend their Successor’s Inauguration:
As his time in office ends, President Trump’s refusal to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden, makes him the first living President since Andrew Johnson, who decided to forgo the swearing-in ceremony of his successor.
Furthermore, Johnson hosted a counter-inaugural cabinet meeting when Ulysses Grant was sworn in as the 18th President of the…
