Breaking

Trump says black people who want statues removed 'need to learn' from history or 'go back to it'
Jun 29, 2020 2 mins, 51 secs

Donald Trump has said that black people who want statues of slave owners and Confederate figures removing should 'learn from the history' or risk 'going to go back to it sometime'.

Donald Trump on Sunday evening discussed statues of slave holders and Confederate leaders.

Trump's latest interview comes on his return to the White House (pictured) following a golfing trip to Virginia this weekend.

President Trump steps out of his vehicle upon his return to the White House after a golfing trip this weekend.

Trump said he was open to the idea of erecting new statues 'to great people; people that have done something.'.

He instead opted for the Virginia course, which is closer to his White House home, and left Sunday.

'I think many of the people that are knocking down the statues don't even have any idea what the statue is, what it means, who it is when they knocked down,' he said on Wednesday. 

Trump boasted Sunday morning that no more statues or monuments were defaced this weekend because he signed the executive order

'Since imposing a very powerful 10 year prison sentence on those that Vandalize Monuments, Statues etc., with many people being arrested all over our Country, the Vandalism has completely stopped

Donald Trump tweeted a series of 'wanted' posters seeking information about vandals

The complaint, which was unsealed Saturday, states that on June 22, the four men participated in damaging the statue alongside other protesters, while also being captured on video 'attempting to pry the statue off its base with a wooden board and trying to pull the statue down with the aid of a yellow strap.'

The document states: 'Lloyd is then captured on video pulling on ropes in an effort to topple the statue and handing a hammer to an unidentified individual involved in the incident.'

The president's motorcade was seen snaking in to the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, just outside of DC late Saturday morning

He instead opted for the Virginia course, which is closer to his White House home, and left Sunday

That same day, Trump was forced to deleted a post where he shared a video of senior citizens clashing over their support and opposition of him where one pro-Trump protester could be heard yelling 'white power.'

The White House claimed the president didn't hear the 'white power' comment and was instead focused on the support he was witnessing from citizens of the Florida senior community

'He did not hear the one statement made on the video,' White House spokesman Judd Deere told NBC News

Donald Trump posted a video Sunday morning – and subsequently deleted the tweet – of senior citizen supporters clashing with senior citizen counter protesters in The Village age-restricted community in Florida

'White Power': One Trump supporter in the golf cart parade yelled 'white power' about eight seconds into the video as he held up a fist at senior-citizen counter protesters by the side of the road 

The 'white power' comments is shouted just eight seconds into the video

The video was posted to Twitter by another user on Saturday and shows two-minutes of clashes between citizens of The Villages, a massive age-restricted community in Sumter, Florida, between pro-Trump demonstrators and senior counter protesters denouncing the president

'Thank you to the great people of The Villages,' Trump posted Sunday alongside the video

Toward the beginning of the video, one senior citizen protesting for Trump yells 'White Power,' as he golf-cart passenger chants 'Trump.'

RECENT NEWS

SUBSCRIBE

Get monthly updates and free resources.

CONNECT WITH US

© Copyright 2024 365NEWSX - All RIGHTS RESERVED