Trump defends monuments to pro-slavery Confederacy, inflames tensions
White House,Donald Trump,Charlottesville,Politics
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President Donald Trump on Thursday decried the removal of monuments to the pro-slavery Civil War Confederacy, echoing white nationalists and refusing to let go of a controversy that has inflamed U.S. racial tensions and threatens to further derail his policy agenda.
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