RETURN ADDRESS: Mr. Abraham Lincoln Eighth and Jackson Streets Springfield‚ Heaven 77777 January 29‚ 2024 Hon. Donald Trump The Mar-a-Lago Club Palm Beach‚ Florida 33480 My Dear Sir: Our mutual acquaintance‚ Pres. Nixon‚ asked me to reach out to you.  We were at the weekly poker game last night‚ with some of the other Republican gentlemen‚ and he told me about your situation‚ and asked me to write to you‚ to give you what little guidance I could provide.  I know he thinks very highly of you‚ and wishes you the best.  Oh — and Pres. Reagan conveys his good wishes to you as well. In regards to your recent comments regarding the great Civil War‚ I greatly appreciate your offer‚ and I wish you had been available back then to assist me in preserving the Union.  I can assure you that I certainly tried‚ again and again‚ to negotiate with the Southern Democrats.  But they were dead set to protect their peculiar institution and they just wouldn’t be reasoned with.  When I tried to do so‚ they took up arms and instigated their great insurrection. Speaking of which‚ I was told that the Democrats are trying to keep you off the ballot on some states‚ claiming that you yourself have led an insurrection against the Union. As Mr. Reagan has said often about these gentlemen‚ there they go again!  In my first election‚ the Democrats also barred me from some state ballots in the South. What they are doing to you seems unfair to me‚ but then again‚ maybe‚ in all humility‚ we should acknowledge that the Democrats certainly do have some expertise regarding insurrections. Mr. Nixon has told me that you like to write letters.  As I understand him‚ these letters aren’t written on paper‚ but on something else‚ and they are sent through the air‚ attached to some sort of a tweeting bird.  I am guessing a sparrow.  He mentioned something about the letter X too‚ but I must confess that I didn’t really understand it.  As an old country lawyer from Illinois‚ I don’t always comprehend that new technology you modern gentlemen have. Mr. Nixon also said that sometimes your letters were just a little bit too mean for people‚ and‚ as a result‚ they have been used against you.  I understand that.  We all sometimes get a little too heated for our own good.  There have been plenty of times I have done that‚ myself. But I have found that it is dangerous to write letters which can possibly be distorted.  There are men on the constant watch for such things out of which to prejudice others against you. Mr. Nixon asked me to tell you my tale of Edwin Stanton‚ my Secretary of War.  Stanton is a bright fellow — I still see him every once in a while‚ up here — but he sometimes has a terrible temper. One day‚ Stanton was cussing up a storm‚ stomping his feet‚ and his face was turning a bright shade of red.  One of our generals — I forget which one — had done something foolish‚ and Stanton was distressed about it.  So‚ after hearing him complain for more than a few minutes‚ I suggested that he write a letter to that general expressing his true feelings on the matter.  I encouraged Stanton to stick it to‚ even scorch‚ the general‚ if he thought it was appropriate. Well‚ Stanton went home‚ and two days later‚ he came back to me with that finished letter.  I read it‚ and I must confess‚ it definitely was a humdinger.  So‚ I ripped it up.  Then I told him my own belief‚ which I say again to you — you don’t want to send that letter.  Put it in the stove.  That’s what I do when I’ve written a letter when I’m angry.  It’s a humdinger of a letter and you’ve had a hell of a good time writing it.  Now burn it and write another letter to send out by your sparrow. In telling this tale I attempt no compliment to my own sagacity.  I tell it merely to express a truth that I have learned from hard experience. In regards to your campaign for the Presidency‚ I say let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you‚ and in the end‚ you are sure to succeed.  Never doubt that a just God‚ in his own good time‚ will give us the rightful result. Your Sincere Friend and Obedient Servant‚ A. Lincoln PS: I believe I once met your opponent‚ during my travels in Delaware.  He was quite a talkative young fellow‚ but without a lick of common sense‚ if I remember correctly. READ MORE TAS Satire: A Message for the New Year The New York Times Apologizes … Sort Of General Strangedove‚ or How I Learned to Stop Winning and Love Defeat Adam Turner is a foreign policy expert and national security professional‚ with two decades of experience on Capitol Hill and in Washington DC.   The post A Letter From Lincoln appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.