President Donald Trump promised Sunday to bring back Columbus “of the ashes”, while calling the Democrats for doing everything possible to destroy the reputation of Christopher Columbus. “
“I am bringing Columbus Day of the ashes,” the president wrote in a publication about Truth Social. “The Democrats did everything possible to destroy Christopher Columbus, his reputation and all the Italians who love him so much.
“They ranged their statues and did nothing more than” wake up “, or worse, nothing at all! Well, you’ll be happy to know, Christopher is going to make a great return,” Trump added. “I am restoring Columbus under the same rules, dates and locations, since it has had all the previous decades!”
Columbus is attributed to discovering the “New World.” This after traveling through the Atlantic Ocean from Spain to find a direct route from Europe to Asia without traveling through the massive African continent. This unnoticly united the division between Europe and what all possible would become North and South America.
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The ships of Columbus, the girl, La Pinta and El Santa María, probably landed in San Salvador, one of the Bahamas Islands, before moving to different places in search of valuable resources.
The controversial part of its history, however, revolves around the prosecution and colonization.
In recent years, Columbus’s holidays have been subject to scrutiny, and many choose to honor the day of indigenous peoples.
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The protesters surround a statue of Christopher Columbus before leaving, Anygey returned and withdrew it in Richmond, Virginia, on June 9, 2020. (Parker Michels-Boyce/AFP through Getty Images)
In fact, several Columbus statues have been eliminated, disfigured or even dragged and submerged in water in recent years due to the controversy surrounding the historical figure.
A bronze or colon statue 8 feet high once housed at the entrance of Byrd Park in Richmond, Virginia, was uprooted by protesters in the light of the death of George Floyd in 2020 until finding a suburb of New York City last year.
In tumultuous summer images, protesters are seen marching near the statue, containing signals that required the elimination of the imagination that recognizers respect indigenous communities.
The highly criticized Columbus statue of Rhode Island Reegas in the nearby city after being retired 3 years ago
It is attributed to Christopher Columbus when discovering the “New World” in his search for a western passage to the Indies.
Other reports and images show the statue on the ground after withdrawing from your pedestal with strings, disfigured with spray paint and llamas illuminated.
The protesters then dragged the statue to a nearby pound and submerged it in the water.
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The tribute of almost 100 years to Columbus was recovered and restored before, since he was sent to his new home in the Rockland Sons of Italy Lodge in the village of Blauvelt, located approximately 20 miles northwest of New York City.
Taylor Penley of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.