President Donald Trump delivered a spirited Columbus Day message Sunday, celebrating Italian Americans while condemning left-wing activists who targeted statues of Christopher Columbus during nationwide protests.
In a Truth Social post ahead of Monday’s federal holiday, Trump declared that efforts to tear down monuments honoring the Italian explorer were a thing of the past.
“HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY TO ALL, in particular our great Italian American Community which was forced to suffer as the Radical Left Dumocrats, Socialists, and Communists rampaged through our cities and towns ripping down almost all of the beautiful statutes of Christopher Columbus,” Trump wrote.
“Well,
