Trump plans to erect controversial statue at White House: report

President Donald Trump intends to erect a statue of Christopher Columbus on White House grounds.

Three sources with knowledge of his plans told the Washington Post that the 79-year-old president plans to install a reconstructed statue of the controversial explorer that was pulled down in summer 2020 and dumped into Baltimore's harbor after a group of Italian American businessmen and politicians obtained the remnants and had it rebuilt.

“In this White House, Christopher Columbus is...