Trump called Ulysses S. Grant an alcoholic; here`s what historians say about that
(World News USA)

At a rally in Ohio last week, President Donald Trump gave a shout-out to native son Ulysses S. Grant as an "incredible" Civil War general. But much of his praise focused on one aspect of the general`s service: "He drank a little too much." President Abraham Lincoln`s advisers, Trump told his audience, were so worried about Grant`s drinking that they said to Lincoln: " `You can`t use him anymore, he`s an alcoholic,` and Lincoln said, `I don`t care if he`s an alcoholic, frankly, get me six or seven just like him.` " The story was a mangled version of a famous Lincoln quote published as early as Oct. 30, 1863, in the New York Times: "When someone charged Gen....