Trump admin installs Christopher Columbus statue near White House
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There are much more admirable paisans out there. Guglielmo Marconi. Galileo Galilei. Luigi Mangione. Luciano Pavarotti. Leonardo da Vinci.
C'mon man.
Of course, but Columbus was pivotal in the massacre of millions of native people. Of course the Trump team wants a statue of him.
They got upset because Columbus has been "Cancelled" due to all the awful shit he did. So this is their way to "stick" it to the libs.
All they do it performative theater. They don't actually know or care about Columbus, only that by praising him it upsets people with a conscience, so they keep doing it.
It really is just that.
This is what happens when the elementary school bully grows up without getting a good punch in the face along the way.
Awful shit aside, and it was awful shit, Columbus has nothing to do with north america. He never set foot on what we now call the USA.
They didn’t think they could get away with a slaver confederate general.
Oh they’ll get there.
Don't forget my man Chuck
Feels so good
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You mean Leonardo di Caprio
Amerigo Vespucci would make more sense than Columbus if we're looking for explorers.
They would short-circuit if they realized america was named after an italian guy...
It's so funny how they sleep on Amerigo Vespucci.
It's like they can't cope with knowing that their prescious america was named after an Italian guy. It conflicts with their deeply ingrained belief that the name "America" was somehow ordained by God at the founding of the world.
I wonder what would happen if we tell them Colombus's name wasn't really "Christopher"...
An unveiling of a statue of Robert E. Lee is planned for next week.
I can't tell if you're joking :(
even if he is its far to likley a possibility with this administration. He likely wants to to insert the head of the confederacy into the pictures of presidents.
Trump's always advocated for inserting heads where they aren’t wanted.
My hometown is named after Christopher Columbus, and even we got rid of most of our statues of him years ago.
Still mad we didn't rename it to Flavortown...
Or are you from one of the minor outlying Columbuses?
After Flavius Columbus, of course
Do you live in Cincinnati!?
He also murdered and ate some of them.
Makes sense. trump lost his way too.
To celebrate his syphilis diagnosis? I knew his brain couldn't be this naturally bad.
But… Columbus Circle is right there outside Union Station. Isn’t that enough Columbus for DC? As for the statue being from Baltimore, I’m surprised they could recover it from the Inner Harbor. What a cesspit.
Next he's gonna issue an EO to rename the city to Washington District of Columbus
They should put it where Columbus first set foot in what is now the United States.
Nowhere?
They are rubbing our faces in it.
I hope the artist/sculptor played the long game. When trump is out for the count perhaps the piece will rot and turn into mush, something akin to wet cardboard.
Fucking genius
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBD61skoMk8
I mean he's a fine director and all, but a statue? Really? Who's next, Christopher Nolan?