J: Hey Alex! Happy Presidents Day!
H: Thinking about Washington and his legacy gives me great pleasure. I wish I could say that about the current president.
J: I’m guessing we agree on what has happened in Minneapolis.
H: It’s what you would expect from an ignorant, narcissistic thug. He just wants to terrorize the population to prove he is the boss.
J: Isn’t that what you and Washington did in response to the Whiskey Rebellion?
H: The country was in its infancy then. We had to take strong measures to make sure everything didn’t fall apart. Washington basically pardoned everyone afterwards. It wasn’t the same thing at all. Anyway, you did the same thing.
J: Me? I tried to limit federal power to the absolute minimum.
H: Not during the embargo, you didn’t. You exercised federal power to an extent that I only dreamed of. And it didn’t even work.
J: I was just trying to keep the country out of a war we had no chance of winning. You have to agree with me on that.
H: The embargo was a bad idea, but I will concede your good intentions. I won’t do the same for Trump.
J: In the end, we do agree on that. Enjoy the holiday.