Donald Trump: What did George Washington do wrong?
Trump was speaking about a trend that evolved during recent mass protests in which historical monuments honoring historical figures such as George Washington and Ulysses Grant were attacked.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFA statue of George Washington is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)(photo credit: REUTERS)
United States President Donald Trump slammed protesters who have been vandalizing historical monuments throughout the United States in recent weeks, during a Tuesday night speech in Phoenix, Arizona."What did Washington do wrong?" he said to the crowd.Trump was speaking about a trend that had evolved during recent mass protests in which historical monuments honoring memorable figures such as George Washington and Ulysses Grant were attacked considering they kept slaves while they were alive.Trump told his audience that "ten years is a long time to spend in prison," meaning this is the punishment those who sabotage historical landmarks will get. The crowd responded with cheers.The mass protests erupted after the death of an African American man, George Floyd, who was killed by a white police officer while in police custody in Minneapolis. The officer pressed his knee against Floyd's neck for nine minutes, despite pleas from Floyd that he "can't breathe."The protesters, who are associated with the Black Lives Matter movement, seek to change the way American history is regarded and are attempting to remove the landmarks of Confederate war heroes and other figures, mainly through legal means.
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