Trump promised a Cultural Civil War during his Independence Day speech

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US President Donald Trump has escalated his law-and-order threats against Americans protesting against racial injustice. He also called the movement a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values, and indoctrinate our children. The comments of the US President invoked his dark vision of an America under siege. Trump delivered his words in front of a crowd of several thousand people at Mount Rushmore National Monument in South Dakota to mark Independence Day. There were large numbers of Native American protesters condemning the appearance of US President at the sacred Sioux Nation site had attempted to block a road to the event. Point to be noted that the National Guard troops fired pepper spray at a crowd of protesters.

Moreover, at least a dozen people were arrested moments before the president arrived. The country is still experiencing a dangerous spike in new coronavirus cases and forced Americans to cancel celebrations over the 3-day holiday weekend. US President has insisted on holding his event, inspired by a growing nationalism that has redefined the cries for justice against police killings of black Americans as a growing danger that threatens every blessing our ancestors fought so hard for. The President has long sought a televised fireworks spectacle at Mount Rushmore to legitimize his presidency. The cases of Covid-19 continue to spike across the US, which have reached nearly 3 million, including the deaths of more than 128,000 Americans inside within months.

President Trump also defended monuments to the Confederacy erected in the Jim Crow era, in spite of addressing the intense division that has dominated American life in recent months. He announced an executive order creating a National Garden of American Heroes to feature statues of several presidents and other American figures, from Amelia Earhart and Harriet Tubman to former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and evangelical leader Billy Graham. Trump also promised a cultural civil war against Americans that only his administration can defeat. He also alleged anti-racist protesters, journalists, and educators of a Far-left Fascism that is designed to overthrow the American Revolution. He said, “Their goal is to end America. In its place, they want power for themselves”.