Mnuchin defends Trump's stance on Confederate monuments: 'We need to have a balanced view of history
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday stood behind President Donald Trump's defense of Confederate monuments, stating the US needed to have a "balanced view of history."
Amid a nationwide discussion over racism and police brutality, which has prompted mass protests, there have been growing calls for Confederate monuments across the country to be taken down and for US military bases named after Confederate generals to be renamed.
Trump has taken an outspoken stance against this as he simultaneously continues to condemn the Black Lives Matter movement. The president recently threatened to veto an annual defense bill if it includes a provision to rename military installations named for Confederate leaders. He also in late June signed an executive order on protecting monuments.
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Meanwhile, with his reelection prospects looking dimmer by the day, Trump has increasingly employed the rhetoric of white supremacists in an effort to rile up his base and increase divisions in the US. On Sunday, Trump was widely criticized after retweeting a video in which a supporter yelled "white power." Hours later, Trump finally deleted the tweet.
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Let's stop defending traitors. We can learn about these people in history class. We don't need to have monuments to them.
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