Trump calls for Christopher Columbus statue to be 'put back in the heart of Columbus'
Trump defended Columbus’s legacy and praised Italian Americans, as he renewed calls to preserve statues and said 13-foot replica stands near the White House.
- President Donald Trump honored Christopher Columbus on Friday at The White House, touting the explorer's legacy while criticizing those seeking to destroy his statues.
- Trump said he "resurrected" Columbus by installing a 13-foot replica statue outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in March, replacing one tossed into Baltimore's Inner Harbor in 2020.
- Christopher Macchio sang "Nessun dorma" at the event, where Trump praised Italian Americans including Joe DiMaggio and Frank Sinatra, calling Columbus "the original American hero."
- During the address, Trump claimed crime is "down 87 percent" in Washington, criticized New York City for omitting Little Italy from a map, and mentioned seeing gas at $1.95 in Iowa.
- While Trump lauded Columbus as "a giant of Western civilization," critics note Indigenous People commemorations highlight the adverse effects of colonization on Native Americans and Tribal Nations.
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Trump ‘resurrects’ Christopher Columbus with new statue, blasts ‘radical left communists’ who tried to cancel explorer
Trump lauded the famous Italian American’s accomplishments in a ceremony at the White House as he prepares to add a statue of Columbus to the Rose Garden, where it will join statues of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson.
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President Trump Hosts White House Columbus Day Celebration President Trump honored Italian American heritage, architecture, and culture during a Columbus Day celebration at the White House. He highlighted the restoration of a previously toppled Christopher Columbus statue, which now stands outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, and discussed the contributions of Christopher Columbus and Italian Americans to the development of the Unit…
Donald Trump has rehabilitated Christopher Columbus, and by far. It has not been enough for him to recover the holiday in his honor or to publicly claim his role in the history of the United States. This Friday, in an early celebration of Columbus Day, the American president has taken to the White House a second statue of the navigator who discovered America in the service of the Spanish Crown. The first, a reproduction of which was shot down in…
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