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The New York Times reports:
Under fire for defending racist activist groups, President Trump said on Twitter on Thursday that he was “sad” to see United States’ history torn apart by the removal of “our beautiful statues and monuments,” echoing a popular refrain of white supremacist groups that oppose the removal of Confederate monuments. Officials in several states have called for the removal of public monuments that have become symbols of the Confederacy.
Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. You…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2017
…can’t change history, but you can learn from it. Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson – who’s next, Washington, Jefferson? So foolish! Also…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2017
…the beauty that is being taken out of our cities, towns and parks will be greatly missed and never able to be comparably replaced!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2017
Win/win solution: remove statues from public spaces & put them in the lobbies of Trump Hotels. Controversy ends; Trump Inc gets free decor. https://t.co/XjUNohYXfu
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) August 17, 2017
MONUMENTS TO SLAVERY, RACISM, AND FEAR ARE NOT “BEAUTIFUL”!
— Jules (@jules_su) August 17, 2017
Why has Germany Removed all Hitler Statues then?
— Impeach Donald Trump (@Impeach_D_Trump) August 17, 2017