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US president enflames national tensions with attack on ‘leftwing revolution’ and plan for national memorial of statues of ‘American heroes’

Standing beneath Mount Rushmore on the eve of American independence day,
Donald Trump staged a defiant celebration of what critics say is white
identity politics and warned the nation’s history is under siege from “far-left fascism”.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/04/us-under-siege-from-far-left-fascism-says-trump-in-mount-rushmore-speech

The US president defended the symbolism of statues and monuments before a packed crowd at an event that revelled in political incorrectness
calculated to enflame the country’s current divisions and enrage liberal critics. There were few face masks and even fewer people of color on stage
or in the stands.

“Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values and indoctrinate our children,” Trump said. “Angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders, deface
our most sacred memorials and unleash a wave of violent crime in our
cities.”
Donald Trump, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, at Mount Rushmore.

In an effort to fight back, he announced a surprise executive order establishing “The National Garden of American Heroes”, a vast outdoor park featuring statues of “the greatest Americans to ever live” – a selection sure to provoke debate and controversy.

Mount Rushmore in South Dakota depicts the images of US presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. Washington and Jefferson owned slaves and have found their legacies increasingly questioned since the police killing of African American
George Floyd in Minneapolis by a white police officer on 25 May triggered
a wave of Black Lives Matter protests and the toppling of dozens of
Confederate statues.
A week that shook a nation: anger burns as power of protests leaves Trump exposed
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The president has shown no sign of embracing the public mood, but has
rather dug in with a “law and order” response, promising harsh penalties for anyone who vandalizes statues, resisting changes to military bases
named after Confederate generals and retweeting (then deleting) a video in which a man shouted “White power!”.

On Friday Trump become the first president since George H W Bush in 1991
to attend Mount Rushmore’s independence day celebration. He saluted and
his wife Melania stood with hand on heart as the national anthem played,
the stars and stripes unfurled on big screens and Blue Angels jets flew overhead.

“This monument will never be desecrated,” Trump declared, eliciting
cheers. “These heroes will never be defaced. Their legacy will never, ever
be destroyed. Their achievements will never be forgotten. And Mount
Rushmore will stand forever as an eternal tribute to our forefathers and
to our freedom.”

In remarks that offered little by way of reconciliation, he went on to
rail against “cancel culture, driving people from their jobs, shaming dissenters and demanding total submission from anyone who disagrees. This
is the very definition of totalitarianism, and it is completely alien to
our culture and to our values. It has absolutely no place in the United
States of America.

“This attack on our liberty, our magnificent liberty, must be stopped, and
it will be stopped very quickly.”

He added darkly: “In our schools, our newsrooms, even our corporate boardrooms, there is a new far-left fascism that demands absolute
allegiance. If you do not speak its language, perform its rituals, recite
its mantras and follow its commandments, then you will be censored,
banished, blacklisted, persecuted and punished.”

Gesturing to the overwhelmingly white crowd, he said: “Not going to happen
to us.”

Trump added: “Make no mistake, this leftwing cultural revolution is
designed to overthrow the American revolution.”

When the president said he was deploying federal law enforcement to
protect monuments and arrest and prosecute offenders, the crowd rose to
their feet and applauded. When he proclaimed, “They want to silence us,
but we will not be silenced,” there were chants of “USA! USA!”

In a swipe at sports professionals and others who take a knee to protest
racial injustice, Trump said: “We stand tall, we stand proud and we only kneel before almighty God.”

He went on to announce the National Garden of American Heroes in an
executive order that said it should include statues of figures like
Frederick Douglass, Amelia Earhart, Benjamin Franklin, Billy Graham,
Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther King Jr, Abraham
Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, Jackie Robinson, Antonin Scalia, Harriet Beecher
Stowe, Harriet Tubman, Booker T Washington, George Washington and Orville
and Wilbur Wright.

After the speech, Trump sat with Melania to watch a fireworks display
above the monument, accompanied by patriotic music and historical
readings, the first since 2009 due to environmental concerns and wildfire fears. South Dakota says the surrounding Black Hills National Forest has “gained strength” since then and that fireworks technology has advanced.

But the threat of damage was one more example of how, if president’s
advisers had designed a stunt to goad his critics in the media and
Congress, they could hardly have chosen a more incendiary time and place.

Protesters blocked a road leading to the monument. Authorities worked to
move the demonstrators, mostly Native Americans protesting that South Dakota’s Black Hills were taken from the Lakota people against treaty agreements and objecting to Trump celebrating American independence on
their sacred ground. About 15 protesters were arrested after missing a police-imposed deadline to leave.

The Democratic National Committee tweeted at one point that Trump had disrespected Native Americans and that his South Dakota trip was
“glorifying white supremacy”. It subsequently deleted the tweet.

### - holy shit! so it's left-wing politics 'per se' that's the enemy now??

coz that's what he's saying! to hell with civil rights & liberties and the right to make your case heard via protests if needs be, gone is free
speech and the right to try and change anything??

i mean, just look at THIS shit??

He added darkly: “In our schools, our newsrooms, even our corporate boardrooms, there is a new far-left fascism that demands absolute
allegiance. If you do not speak its language, perform its rituals, recite
its mantras and follow its commandments, then you will be censored,
banished, blacklisted, persecuted and punished.”

so gone too is political correctness and/or any penalties for
infringements of it! the left-wing only just short here of being
labeled... terrorists???

fuck me, we're only just one step away from tyranny here!? maybe even a
civil war!

to vote 'left' effectively now being a vote 'against' america??????

damn!

fucking hell...

oh well, we see him now for what he 'really' is then huh...

a monster in the making!

lol Ruuuuuuuuun! :)))

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