Trump erects statue of Christopher Columbus in White House grounds
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Trump installed a reconstructed Columbus statue on White House grounds, reversing recent cultural decisions to remove the explorer's monuments.
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President Trump has installed a 13-foot statue of Christopher Columbus on the White House grounds outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, reconstructed from fragments of an original monument that protesters pulled down and dumped in Baltimore's inner harbor in 2020. The move represents Trump's effort to reclaim Columbus as a foundational American hero at a moment when the explorer has become a flashpoint in debates over historical memory and racial justice. Columbus statues have been removed across the country in recent years as critics emphasize his role in colonization and violence against Indigenous peoples, while supporters view him as a symbol of Western exploration and discovery. By reassembling the destroyed Baltimore statue at the White House, Trump is signaling a deliberate reversal of that cultural reckoning and reasserting a particular historical narrative.
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