293 In your personal opinion, who was the most horrible human being to become president of the United States? WWG1WGA posted 2 years ago by Blue-collar745 2 years ago by Blue-collar745 +294 / -1 Title 245 comments share 245 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Have a read over this speech... Slidell pops up quite a bit
https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/speech-on-the-mexican-american-war/
Slidell was being sent to allegedly broker a treaty with Mexico and yet at the same time Polk orders Taylor to move into the disputed zone. Perhaps Clay wasn't fully aware of Slidell's behind the scenes maneuvering but somehow I doubt that.