Trump orders creation of 'Garden of American Heroes' amid backlash over monuments
by Martin Pengelly in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#5D0AS)
President proposed garden amid protests against police brutality that fueled the removal of statues tied to historic injustice
Heading out of office in a blur of insurrection, mass deaths due to a pandemic, scandal and lies, Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order directing the building of a National Garden of American Heroes, to reflect the awesome splendour of our country's timeless exceptionalism".
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