Trump Saves Columbus
Donald Trump has taken action to restore a statue of Christopher Columbus in Washington D.C. after it was vandalized and desecrated. A new statue, made from the remains of a toppled Columbus monument, has been installed on the White House grounds. This move is seen as an effort to preserve American history and honor the legacy of Columbus.
- ▪The Columbus statue in Washington D.C. was restored by President Trump after years of vandalism.
- ▪A new 13-foot statue of Columbus was installed on the White House grounds, made from pieces of a monument destroyed in 2020.
- ▪The statue is part of the White House's celebration of America's 250th anniversary.
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Amazing.As anyone familiar with Washington D.C. would know — and fyi I was a longtime D.C. resident in my various jobs on Capitol Hill, in the Reagan White House, and at the Bush 41-era, Jack Kemp-led Department of Housing and Urban Development — standing proudly in front of Union Station, Washington’s train center, is a marble statue of one Christopher Columbus.Alas, things had not been going well for ole Chris over the years. The man revered as the “discoverer” of America and for whom, every October, a federal holiday is named, was (and still is) at the center of the Left’s contempt for America’s founding.
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