Trump says he’ll issue executive order to protect monuments

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he’ll issue an executive order to protect monuments that are coming under new scrutiny as America wrestles with racism during unrest sparked by police killing of George Floyd .

Trump has been clear that he opposes removal of monuments of leers of Confederacy or or distasteful aspects of American history.

Commenting as he departed White House for a trip to Arizona , Trump said, “I will have an executive order very shortly, and all it’s really going to do is reinforce what’s alrey re, but in a more uniform way.”

At a time of nationwide protests over racial injustice and inequality , Trump has aligned himself squarely on side of those who argue that pendulum has swung too far in direction of eliminating reminders of hated aspects of American history.

Trump h tweeted late Monday that those who tried to topple a statue of President Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Park across street from White House faced 10 years in prison under Veterans Memorial Preservation Act.

“Beware,” he tweeted.

Jackson is one of Trump’s favorite presidents.

federal statute Trump cites subjects anyone who willfully injures or destroys, or attempts to injure or destroy, any structure, plaque, statue or or monument on public property commemorating service of any person or persons in armed forces of United States to fines, up to 10 years imprisonment or both.