Trump said President Andrew Jackson would have prevented the Civil War Jackson was in office from 1829 to 1837 and died in 1845. The Civil War broke out 16 years after Jackson's death -Donald Trump on "Main Street Meets the Beltway" -Donald Trump on "Main Street Meets the Beltway" Jackson was a southerner at heart who owned slaves. And he forced Native Americans from their homes in what became known as the Trail of Tears Perhaps Trump's support for Jackson comes from his being compared to the late President Both outsiders wanting to defy the political establishment their populist styles their reliance on advice from non-governmental officials and their shared confrontational relationship with the media