Trump Asks for Toppled DC Confederate Statue to Be Put Back Up

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: NBC Channel 4 Washington

Trump Asks for Toppled DC Confederate Statue to Be Put Back Up

A statue of Albert Pike, who was a Confederate general and leader of the Freemasons, was torn down and set on fire the night of Juneteenth

By NBC Washington Staff and Associated Press Published 2 hours ago Updated 1 hour ago

President Donald Trump personally requested that a statue of a Confederate general be put back up, less than a week after cheering protesters toppled it and set it on fire in a Washington, D.C., park, NBC News reports.

Trump called Interior Sec. David Bernhardt and asked the Park Service to restore a statue of Brigadier General Albert Pike, two sources told NBC News.

The White House did not provide a comment, NBC News reported.

But an Interior Department spokesman reiterated Bernhardt's call for law and order.

"The Secretary has made his position quite clear when it comes to lawlessness, violence against police, and destruction of public property," the spokesman said.

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Read more: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/trump-requests-toppled-confederate-statue-put-back-up-in-dc/2343633/

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Hat tip, WTOP, but I don't see it on their website. I had the radio on while I was "working."

https://wtop.com/

[rickford66]

1. Mar-a-Lago would be a good site.

[RobertDevereaux]

3. The Trumpian rectum would be a better site.

[The Magistrate]

4. As Mr. Lincoln Said On The Internet, Sir

"Anything's a dildo if you're brave enough."

[IronLionZion]

8. OMG!

[not_the_one]

11. Give me a sec... I have to write THAT one down...

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. Indeed

He can by the fucking thing. No public money should go to monuments to traitors.

[Bleacher Creature]

2. There's no way he knows who Albert Pike is.

Clearly this came from one of his white nationalist advisors, like Bannon or Miller.

[ucrdem]

5. He got rid of Bannon.

He got rid of all the guys who got him elected and it shows. Welp, better for us in November.

[Bleacher Creature]

6. There have been a bunch of stories indicating that the two talk regularly.

Bannon as a government employee was always kind of odd, but this isn't a case where the two had a falling out.

[ancianita]

10. Mike Pack, Bannon and Trump are working together on the US Agency for Globa Media.

The falling out was for public consumption, and now there's no doubt about their mutual goals.

[packman]

7. Perhaps the statue could "accidently" drown in the Potomac

[IronLionZion]

9. Because of DC's or Trump's confederate heritage?

It was built at the request of Masons, who successfully lobbied Congress to grant them land for the statue as long as Pike would be depicted in civilian, not military, clothing.

Douchebag wants to refight the civil war since his family wasn't here for the first one.