When Donald Trump Destroyed Monumental Art

On the Fourth of July of 2020, President Donald Trump flew to South Dakota and addressed the nation from Mount Rushmore National Memorial. “We will never let them rip America’s heroes from our monuments, or from our hearts,” Trump said. “By tearing down Washington and Jefferson, these radicals would tear down the very heritage for which these men gave their lives to win the Civil War; they would erase the ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic.’”<a href="https://medium.com/@nevaer1/when-donald-trump-destroyed-monumental-art-4140bfae17e6#_ftn1" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">[1]</a> It was unclear if he knew that Washington died in 1799 and Jefferson in 1826, decades before the Civil War began on April 11, 1861. Trump continued: “Make no mistake: this left-wing cultural revolution is designed to overthrow the American Revolution. … To make this possible, they are determined to tear down every statue, symbol, and memory of our national heritage.”<a href="https://medium.com/@nevaer1/when-donald-trump-destroyed-monumental-art-4140bfae17e6#_ftn2" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">[2]</a> <a href="https://medium.com/@nevaer1/when-donald-trump-destroyed-monumental-art-4140bfae17e6">Website</a>