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US President Donald Trump has denounced the removal of “beautiful” Confederate statues amid a heated national debate about US race relations.<\/p>\n

“Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments,” he tweeted.<\/p>\n

“You can’t change history, but you can learn from it,” he continued.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump drew outrage by defending organisers of a white supremacist rally that left a woman dead and dozens hurt.<\/p>\n

The rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, supported by neo-Nazis and white supremacists, was in protest of the removal of a statue of Robert E Lee, a general who had fought for the pro-slavery Confederacy during the US Civil War.<\/p>\n

It turned deadly when a driver ploughed into a crowd of counter protesters, inflicting fatal injuries on Heather Heyer.<\/p>\n

“Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson – who’s next, Washington, Jefferson? So foolish!”\u00a0Mr Trump continued in a series of tweets\u00a0on Thursday.<\/p>\n

“The beauty that is being taken out of our cities, towns and parks will be greatly missed and never able to be comparably replaced!”<\/p>\n

His comments came after a week of turmoil over his response to the violent clashes in the small Virginia town.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump was criticised for blaming both sides for the violence, but belatedly condemned the white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups on Monday.<\/p>\n

But during a heated news conference on Tuesday he backtracked and again blamed left-wing counter-protesters for the incident, too.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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