Former president Donald Trump A press statement has been issued regarding the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, Virginia.
On Wednesday, Trump said at the beginning of the statement that he watched “a huge crane took down the magnificent and very famous’Robert Lee Horseman’ statue in Richmond, Virginia. It has always been considered a beautiful piece. Works of bronze sculpture.”
Trump later stated that he was offended because the statue was “cut into three pieces” and thrown into the warehouse “before it was completely desecrated.”
Trump continued to praise Lee, calling him “the greatest strategist of all.” He also mentioned that Li should be remembered as “maybe the greatest unity force after the war.”
Trump concluded by saying: “Our culture is being destroyed, and our history and heritage, good or bad, have been wiped out by the radical left.” He finally said that if we let Robert E Lee) to lead our troops in Afghanistan, then “this disaster will end in a complete victory many years ago.”
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The former president has been criticizing the president Joe BidenOn the process of withdrawing American soldiers from Afghanistan Taliban After the U.S. troops withdrew, the soldiers seized control of Afghanistan on August 15.
Trump said at a rally in Alabama in August 2021: “Biden’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan is the most shocking manifestation of a country’s leader’s serious incompetence, perhaps at any time.”
On August 26, an explosion attack occurred outside Kabul Airport, killing 13 American soldiers and nearly 60 Afghan civilians. Pentagon And the Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan.
August 31 marked the end of the longest-lasting war in Afghanistan in American history.
After death George Freud In 2020, protests broke out across the country, sparking calls for action against racial injustice, including the dismantling of Confederate statues across the United States, including the U.S. Capitol.
September 2nd, Virginia Supreme Court The ruling can cancel the Confederate general’s decree-Attorney General Mark Herring supports this move.
“Today is a historic day in Virginia,” Herring said in a press statement on September 2. “Today, we opened a new chapter in our Commonwealth history-growth, openness, healing and hope.”
On Wednesday, when the statue was demolished, a group of people gathered and started chanting: “Hey hey, goodbye!”
Weekly newspaper Trump has been contacted for further comment.
