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White House Erects Christopher Columbus Statue, Trump Administration Praises Explorer as 'Original American Hero'

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  • The White House has reportedly erected a 4-meter tall statue of Christopher Columbus on its grounds.
  • White House spokesperson Davis Ingle praised Columbus as 'the original American hero' and 'a giant of Western civilization.'
  • The statue is said to be a replica of one destroyed in Baltimore in 2020.

According to reports from CNN cited by Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, the White House has erected a four-meter tall statue of explorer Christopher Columbus on its grounds. ' The statue is reportedly a replica of another Columbus statue that was destroyed in Baltimore in 2020. The installation represents a symbolic gesture by the Trump administration amid ongoing national debates about historical figures and their legacies.

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rightly hailed Christopher Columbus as the original American hero, a giant of Western civilization and one of the most courageous and visionary men who ever walked the earth

Davis Ingle, White House spokesperson

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