What Kind of Monuments Does President Trump Value?
He’s spoken in support of Confederate statues while threatening to undo as many as 40 conservation parks.
by Robinson Meyer
Aug 17, 2017
3 minutes
On Thursday morning, President Donald Trump announced his unequivocal support for preserving statues of Confederate generals and leaders, moving a step past his previous statements that the fate of the statues should be left to cities and states.
In full, his tweets read: “Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. You can't change history, but you can learn from it. Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson—who's next, Washington, Jefferson? So foolish! Also the beauty that is being taken out of
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