The Trump administration is preparing to assign US Marshals to protect monuments and statues after several thought to be racist or problematic were torn down
The Trump administration is preparing a major effort to protect national monuments that President Donald Trump has described as part of the country's heritage, including assigning US Marshals to oversee them and signing an executive order meant to protect them, people familiar with the plan say.
Trump personally instructed Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to restore the only Confederate statue in Washington, DC, after it was torn down last week, two people familiar with the matter told CNN. Trump raged at the sight of the statue being burned and torn down on June 19, tweeting,"The D.C. Police are not doing their job as they watch a statue be ripped down & burn." He later instructed Bernhardt to put the statue of Confederate Gen.
Debate intensifies over pulling down monuments 03:05And Trump plans to sign an executive order in the next few days protecting national statues and monuments, he said on Wednesday. The substance of the order wasn't immediately clear and officials said they were still drafting it.
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