WASHINGTON, June 27 ― US President Donald Trump yesterday cancelled a planned weekend visit to his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, and said he was staying in Washington “to make sure LAW & ORDER is enforced.” “The arsonists, anarchists, looters, and agitators have been largely...
Trump has pledged to take a hard line on anyone destroying or vandalising historical US monuments and has threatened to use force on some protesters, as activism against racial injustice sweeps the country. — Reuters pic
“The arsonists, anarchists, looters, and agitators have been largely stopped,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “I am doing what is necessary to keep our communities safe ― and these people will be brought to Justice!” Trump said on Twitter yesterday that he had signed a “very strong” executive order protecting monuments. The text of the order has not been released. The 2003 Veterans Memorial Preservation Act provides for prison terms of up to 10 years for destroying or attempting to destroy monuments commemorating those who served in the US armed forces.
Calls for the removal of these monuments come in conjunction with Black Lives Matter protests, which were sparked by the May 25 death of George Floyd, a Black man killed in police custody in Minneapolis.
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