Back in June, protesters in the Lafayette Square area of Washington, D.C., attempted to topple a bronze statue of President Andrew Jackson and were driven away from the Jackson statue by U.S. Park Police officers who used pepper spray to disperse the crowd.
Andrew Jackson, it should be noted, was indeed the 7th President of the United States. He was also a slaveholder who gladly massacred thousands of Native Americans. In other words, not exactly the best person to ever hold the office. Which might explain why he’s one of Donald Trump’s idols.
In response to the actions of the protesters, Trump fired off angry tweets:
I have authorized the Federal Government to arrest anyone who vandalizes or destroys any monument, statue or other such Federal property in the U.S. with up to 10 years in prison, per the Veteran’s Memorial Preservation Act, or such other laws that may be pertinent…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 23, 2020
…..This action is taken effective immediately, but may also be used retroactively for destruction or vandalism already caused. There will be no exceptions!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 23, 2020
Of course, what the president neglected to mention (probably because he didn’t know and isn’t bright enough to do a Google search) is that there are already vandalism laws on the books and he doesn’t have the right to impose laws like some sort of 21st century Napoleon. That’s not how the system works. But as Trump has proven time and time again, he has no idea how the U.S government works.
Desperate to please his father, Donald Trump Jr. (aka Traitor Tot) decided he’d try to join the debate, so he made his own Twitter posting on the matter of statues (most of which have been of Confederate “heroes”) being torn down:
Want to save our monuments?
Let’s get a movement going to replace any statue torn down during these riots with a new and more sturdy statue of @realDonaldTrump.
The nonsense would stop instantly.
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 23, 2020
Poor Junior! He so desperately wants to be relevant and kiss his father’s fat ass at the same time. But all his efforts earned him was endless mocking on social media:
There is one already pic.twitter.com/hQX686PMif
— Helen (@luvtheusa76) June 23, 2020
There ain’t a platform sturdy enough to support
his Girth,
his Ego,
Or your stupidity.— Jason (@sparky347v) June 23, 2020
I can see why you wouldn’t want to remove statues of bigots. That would eliminate your entire family.
— Oliver Barry (@oliverbarry) June 23, 2020
Very seldomly in life can one guarantee something when it comes to predicting the future, but I can say with absolute certainty that your father will NEVER have a statue.
Actually, I give it less than a decade & your entire family will leave America in shame to live elsewhere.
— Ryan Ritchie (@RyanRitchie201) June 23, 2020
We’re actually ok with these vile racists’ statues being removed. You really don’t see what’s happened here? Tulsa didn’t make it clear? Next few months are gonna suck for u shug. Then after ur old man is gone, lawyer up. There will be investigations.
— Bimmerella🌞🇺🇸 (@bimmerella) June 23, 2020
Already done in 2016! And they were all taken down… pic.twitter.com/SbuUzvjw3e
— Yoda Resists Trumpism To Save America! (@VivaLaMaquis) June 23, 2020
Junior, much like his father, doesn’t have enough self-awareness or brains to fill a thimble. All he’s got is a name, and that too is becoming more infamous than famous with each moronic tweet.
let’s put a statue of any trump, next to a fruit stand