President Trump has taken steps to protect monuments throughout the country. It has not yet been announced how they can force cities and states to protect their monuments. He could declare them National Historic Landmarks or enter them in a “national trust.”
That would mean that cities would be forced to protect their monuments but it has not been explained what would happen to cities that allow those monuments to be torn down. Trump said that the monuments are artwork and need to be preserved. President Trump said that protesters don’t really know what they are tearing down.
Trump cited the destruction of the Ulysses S. Grant, commanding general of the United States Army during the final 13 months of the Civil War. He is the general who defeated the confederacy that the leftist fascists claim to hate. As president, Grant also went after the KKK and hurt that hate group badly.
Trump said:
“It’s a disgrace. Remember, some of this is great artwork. This is magnificent artwork, as good as there is anywhere in the world, as good as you see in France, as good as you see anywhere. It’s a disgrace.”
“Most of these people don’t even know what they’re taking down.”
Arroyo told host Laura Ingraham that the president did not elaborate on how the order would be crafted. The EWTN anchor posited that Trump could designate the statues as National Historic Landmarks or enter them in a “national trust” to legally protect them.
“It is certainly something he’s clearly got on his mind,” Arroyo said. “I’m sure the White House counsel’s office is working on it. That is big news that we haven’t heard yet, [that] there is an executive order forthcoming.
“It is a question, certainly in my mind, how the federal branch can impose its will on these cities and municipalities,” Arroyo added.
Monday night, hours after Arroyo interviewed Trump, a group of protesters attempted to pull down a statue of Andrew Jackson in Washington D.C.’s Lafayette Park before being pushed back by police.
President Trump has suggested that protesters who damage or pull down the monuments could face prison sentences up to ten years.
