and then it all culminates in martin van buren, who's secretary of state under jackson -- martin van buren and john eaton saying, we will resign in order to end this, and that will allow you as president to call for the resignations of your other cabinet members. you can appoint a new cabinet, start fresh, and we can move on from this entire episode. host: if andrew jackson was sitting here right now, what would be your first question? guest: why did he spend so much time on the eaton affair. you know, i don't know. i guess i would ask him if he was cognizant of what was happening, what would he think of president trump. does he see something of himself in president trump. and i would be curious to hear his answer, because i don't think he would. i think he would see lots of things in president trump that he would not find very satisfactory, and i think he would find it offensive. and one example is treatment of women. jackson was a strong defender of women, not just rachel his wife, but margaret eaton and other women that he saw as needing protection. and again, in 2017, this is some

martin van buren used his son as a back channel.dr used his mother, sarah, to meet with franco, his son jimmy to meet, and he had his daughter anisette up with joseph stalin. this has been around a long time and hillary clinton of course set up the deal with university so it could become the silicon valley of russia. she took $2 million into the clinton foundation, but e set it up and of course it came back to bite her because once russians had that ability on silicon valley, they used it on her. ashley: well, doug, we remember when president obama said this to then prime minister of russia, demetry. take a listen to this. >> my last election -- after my election, i'll have more flexibility. ashley: i'll translate that information to vladimir. is president obama guilty of back channeling of leaning across the chair like that? >> absolutely. but before he was president. before he was officially president in the transition, he back channeled to iran because he wanted to cut a deal. this is one of the worst stories for the media. they'

. ♪ ♪ >> hail to the chief which was started, ostensibly, because martin van buren was so short, theye to everybody in the white house that he was entering the east room. stuart: i'd rather talk to you about the history of the white house than politics actually, karl. [laughter] that is "hail to the chief," yes. from the. ♪ ♪ stuart: the president is keeping us all in suspense, but there he is. all right, everyone. the president of the united states, donald j. trump. ms. . >> thank you very much, everybody. i appreciate it. that's some big people behind me. big, strong, brilliant people. please, sit down. i want to thank everybody for being here on this very special occasion. it's an honor every single today to serve as your commander in chief. to the incredible men and women ofç the united states air forc, very special, beautiful place. [applause] very, very special. i also want to welcome the acting secretary of the air force, lisa, and the air force chief of staff, general david dd goldfein, thank you. [applause] the cadets here represent not only the future of our air force, but