Trump called Robert E. Lee 'a great general,' but Robert Lee IV disagrees
An indirect descendant of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee said he was “disheartened” that President Donald Trump called his ancestor a “great general.”Robert Lee IV, a North Carolina pastor who has been openly critical of his great-great-great-great-uncle, accused the president of lying about the legacy of the Southern Civil War general. Speaking in front of 4,000 supporters Friday at a rally in Lebanon, Ohio, Trump declared that Lee was a “true great fighter” and “great general,” and […]
