Marianne Williamson promises to remove Andrew Jackson's painting from the oval office

Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson said Monday at a Native American forum that she would remove the portrait of former president Andrew Jackson currently suspended in the Oval Office if she was elected to the White House.

"I want Americans to finally understand that what has happened on this planet has been one of the great evils of history, but that I believe in redemption for nations as well for individuals," he said. Williamson, referring to the historical past of the federal government. the mistreatment inflicted on the first inhabitants of America.

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"We can atone. We can make amends. And if and when I will be president of the United States, we will do it, "she continued. "We will start by taking this picture of Andrew Jackson on the oval office wall, I assure you."

The promise of the author and the self-help guru was greeted by the applause of participants at a presidential candidates forum in Sioux City, Iowa, organized by Four Directions, a Amerindian advocacy organization.

"I'm not a Native American, but I find it's one of the biggest insults," Williamson said. "You will not be insulted. You will be more than not insulted. "

A few days after its inauguration in January 2017, President Donald Trump selected a Jackson painting of works of art from the White House collections to exhibit in his oval office.

While Trump married a populist policy similar to that of Jackson during the election campaign, the seventh president, owner of slaves, enacted the Indian withdrawal law in 1830, which precipitated the forced displacement of the Amerindians known as the name "Trail of Tears".