The American president's statement, on the eve of Columbus Day, attacking extremists
“On this Columbus Day we remember the great Italian who opened a new chapter in world history and the permanent significance of his action for the Western Hemisphere.”
The praise is Donald Trump, on the eve of the date that celebrates the arrival of the Genoese explorer in the Americas. The Italian landed in San Salvador, in the Bahamas in October 12, 1492.
The fact was marked as the Discovery of America.
For Trump, “extremists, unfortunately, have tried to undermine Columbus’s legacy in recent years.”
“These extremists are trying to replace the narrative of their enormous contributions with accusations of failures, their discoveries with atrocities, their achievements with transgressions,” Trump continues.
He refers to the debate that has been going on for years in the United States about the responsibilities of the first explorers in the genocide of native populations perpetrated by colonial powers.
For years, several activists have been pushing to make Columbus Day a national indigenous peoples' day, emphasizing that Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas began the genocide of Native Americans.
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