Time: “I’ll tell you what does stick with me: the Civil War. Lee and Lincoln and Davis. These are unbelievable historical figures. I think that anything having to do with the Civil War has always been very interesting to me, much more so than even the founding of thecountry.” (He says he once canceled a golf match to binge-watch a marathon PBS showing of Ken Burns’ documentary The Civil War.) “Italways seemed like something that could have been settled without the bloodshed,” Trump adds. The deal is all. “I think they could havesettled without going to war,” he said. “I always felt that the South overplayed their hand.” (Thanks to Jay Stephenson)