A friend was telling me about an elder asshole he met called Robert E. Lee for real in Bogotá. He would get smashed drunk at the backpacker hostel and scream things like Germans have lost their way because the kids don't know their history! Then run over to whichever unfortunate German youngster was staying there and ask them have they even read Mein Kapf!? Did the name make him an asshole or was it being brought up by a dad who named him Robert E. Lee. Changed my mind, nuke everyone in North Dakota where this guy lives.
I don't think Trump understands that history of Robert E. Lee after Lee graduated from West Point and his love for Virginia instead of the United States of America (Union Army). A rough period when "individual states" wanted to govern themselves as if they were an independent country while enjoying the fruits of the Union. A time period when a lot of these generals, leaders knew each other from college (academy)...some were actually friends / classmates / from the same state prior to the Civil War. wrbtrader
Side note. The thing that always bugs me about the Southern leaders is there were many, over a 100,000 if I recall from the South who fought to keep the union. There must be a hundred or more of the loyal to the USA southerners to put on display as good examples but instead, traitors are all people remember. I recall reading the diaries of one of my great greats (though I think by marriage) who was from Louisiana but fought for Lincoln. I think he was just a middle rank. The guy has no place in history though he should be quite revered.