{"id":18129,"date":"2020-06-27T07:44:36","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T11:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=18129"},"modified":"2020-06-27T07:44:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T11:44:36","slug":"trump-signs-serious-executive-order-to-protect-all-us-monuments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=18129","title":{"rendered":"Trump Signs Serious Executive Order to Protect All US Monuments"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Trump signs \u2018very strong\u2019 executive order protecting US monuments, stays in DC to \u2018make sure LAW &amp; ORDER is enforced\u2019<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18130\" style=\"width: 990px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18130\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18130\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/5ef66b8485f54063494118ca.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/5ef66b8485f54063494118ca.jpg 980w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/5ef66b8485f54063494118ca-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/5ef66b8485f54063494118ca-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters set fire to an American flag at Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House, amid racial inequality protests in Washington, US, June 23, 2020 \u00a9 Reuters \/ Tom Brenner<\/p><\/div>\n<p>RT.com<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to protect American monuments, after calling off a weekend trip to New Jersey to remain in DC amid ongoing protests, insisting \u201cagitators\u201d will be \u201cbrought to justice.\u201d<br \/>\nTrump announced the \u201cvery strong\u201d order in a tweet on Friday, stating it would protect \u201cmonuments, memorials and statues,\u201d as well as combat \u201crecent criminal violence,\u201d promising \u201clong prison terms for these lawless acts.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just had the privilege of signing a very strong Executive Order protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues &#8211; and combatting recent Criminal Violence. Long prison terms for these lawless acts against our Great Country!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1276633518433538049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While few details have emerged about the new directive, on Tuesday Trump said he would sign an order that would\u00a0<em>\u201creinforce\u201d<\/em>\u00a0existing law,\u00a0<em>\u201cbut in a more uniform way.\u201d<\/em>Friday\u2019s announcement comes after the president said he had canceled a weekend trip to New Jersey in order to keep an eye on the protests.<\/p>\n<p><em data-stringify-type=\"italic\">\u201cI was going to go to Bedminster, New Jersey, this weekend, but wanted to stay in Washington, DC to make sure LAW &amp; ORDER is enforced. The arsonists, anarchists, looters, and agitators have been largely stopped,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Trump said in a tweet on Friday.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><em data-stringify-type=\"italic\">I am doing what is necessary to keep our communities safe \u2013 and these people will be brought to Justice!<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8230;I am doing what is necessary to keep our communities safe \u2014 and these people will be brought to Justice!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1276625241905774594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Weeks of anti-police brutality demonstrations in DC have seen numerous attempts to tear down monuments and statues which activists deem a celebration of racist historical figures, drawing threats of draconian punishment from the president. Earlier on Friday, Trump tweeted out an FBI wanted poster requesting information on 15 suspected statue-defacers, reiterating that the vandals could spend up to a decade in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Trump vowed to unleash\u00a0<em data-stringify-type=\"italic\">\u201cserious force\u201d<\/em>\u00a0on protesters attempting to create an\u00a0<em data-stringify-type=\"italic\">\u201cautonomous zone\u201d<\/em>\u00a0in the capital, after activists briefly tried setting up barricades in Lafayette Park, modeled after similar protest encampments in Seattle and elsewhere. The warning, posted to Twitter, was deemed a\u00a0<em data-stringify-type=\"italic\">\u201cthreat of harm\u201d<\/em>\u00a0by the platform and was hidden behind a\u00a0<em data-stringify-type=\"italic\">\u201cpublic interest notice,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0the latest in a series of the president\u2019s tweets to be flagged or deleted. Friday\u2019s posts about\u00a0<em data-stringify-type=\"italic\">\u201claw and order\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and 10-year prison sentences have yet to receive the same treatment, however.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/493086-trump-washington-law-order\/\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/493086-trump-washington-law-order\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump signs \u2018very strong\u2019 executive order protecting US monuments, stays in DC to \u2018make sure LAW &amp; ORDER is enforced\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}