Trump called the "stupid" demolition of monuments to the Confederate

Monument to General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia
The US President stated that "you can not change history"
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that it was "so stupid" to demolish monuments to the generals and soldiers of the Confederation, who fought on the losing side in the Civil War.
In a series of comments on Twitter Trump wrote: "It's sad to see how the history and culture of our country is torn apart, bringing down beautiful statues and monuments."
"You can not change history!" - Trump wrote. - But you can learn from her example. Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson - and who's next, Washington, Jefferson? It's so stupid! In addition, our cities and parks are selected beauty, which will be greatly missed and which will never be replaced by anything comparable! "
Trump expressed his opinion on the monuments to the Confederates after recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, where white nationalists staged a protest against the demolition of the monument to General Lee, who led the Confederate troops during the Civil War of 1861-1865.
Trump has been criticized by various representatives of the US political spectrum, after his statements that demonstrators representing ultra-right groups and their opponents are equally responsible for the riots.
During the riots, one woman was killed and 19 people were injured when a supporter of nationalists drove by car to participants in a counter action. White nationalists, supporters of the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis chanted slogans directed against racial minorities and Jews.
The chief political strategist of the White House, Steve Bannon, this week tried to downplay the influence of the ultra-right wing in the US political arena, although before he joined the presidential team he published an article in support of the slogan "America First".
"Ethno-nationalists are losers," he said. - This is a marginal element. It seems to me that the media give too much attention to this, and we need to suppress this more actively. These guys are just a bunch of clowns. "
At the same time, Bannon believes that Trump's comments on the monuments to the Confederates are a winning strategy, although the Democrats accuse the president of supporting racist groups.
"The longer the democrats talk about identity, the better," he said. - Let them talk about racism every day. If the left focus on the problems of race and identity, and we - on economic nationalism, we can crush the Democrats. "
The Civil War was a fundamental event in American history. It broke out mainly because of the demands of the southern landowners to maintain the slave system and to separate 11 states from the federal center, but as a result, numerical superiority was on the side of the Union forces. During the war, 620,000 people were killed, both on the battlefield, and from hunger and disease.
This war in many ways determined the further relations between the white and black population of the country. In a number of cities, many of the 718 monuments to the soldiers of the Confederation were demolished, while other cities are considering the issue of their demolition.
In the United States there are conflicting estimates of demolition campaigns in public places, often in parks and city squares, mainly in the South. Many demand to demolish monuments as a symbol, indisputably, a shameful page in the history of the United States - slavery.
Other Americans, including Trump, insist that it is impossible to rewrite the country's history, demolishing monuments, and recall that some of the founding fathers of the country, including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, were also slave owners. In his tweet, which mentions the country's first and third presidents, Trump, for the second time in a week, raised the question of how far the supporters of eradicating reminders of the slave-owning era will go.
The capital of the United States is named in honor of Washington, and two of the most important monuments of the country are in honor of Washington and Jefferson. In the Capitol are 10 statues of prominent figures of the Confederation, which, apparently, will remain there.
This week in Baltimore, Maryland, demolished four Monument to the Confederates. This was done at night, without advance notice, to avoid protests, as in Charlottesville. In Durham, North Carolina, demonstrators unilaterally knocked down a monument to a Confederate soldier, but the police charged the four participants in the rally with vandalism charges.