TIL Desk/World/Washington/ US President Donald Trump slamming the removal of controversial monuments as “a merciless campaign” in attempts to wipe out American history, as he kicked off the Independence Day weekend by addressing his supporters from Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.
“Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values and indoctrinate our children,” Trump said when addressing the Fourth of July fireworks celebration at the iconic Mount Rushmore on Friday.
He slammed a “new far-left fascism” in media and schools and “cancel culture”, describing those protesters targeting monuments which they think are symbols of racial oppression as “angry mobs.” “Those who seek to erase our heritage want Americans to forget our pride and our great dignity, so that we can no longer understand ourselves or America”s destiny,” Trump said.
“This monument will never be desecrated,” Trump said of the Rushmore Memorial. “Mount Rushmore will stand forever as an eternal tribute to our forefathers and our freedom.” In recent weeks, Trump has been under growing pressure amid the surge of newly reported coronavirus cases and the continued nationwide reckoning of the country”s racial injustice and police brutality.
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