"In legend and lore, controversial U.S. president Andrew Jackson may have been a man for all time, but he certainly wasn’t around during the time of the Civil War – as President Donald Trump suggested in an interview that caused a stir this week"

No. Trump said if Jackson  "been a little bit later, you wouldn't have had the Civil War."  He didn't suggest Jackson was around during the time of the Civil War as you want the naive to believe.