United States President Donald Trump on Friday told a campaign rally in Minnesota that those who protested against the murder of George Floyd were “thugs” who did not spare even the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, PTI reported. The US presidential elections are scheduled for November 3.
“You know, they started ripping down [former US President] Abraham Lincoln,” Trump claimed. “When they hit Lincoln, I said wait a minute. This is the man and you can do – then they hit George Washington, Thomas Jefferson. They had everybody.”
Trump then said the statue of Gandhi in Washington DC was vandalised by unidentified miscreants. He complained: “They even had Gandhi. All Gandhi wanted was one thing, peace. Right? We have peace. Rip down his statue. We don’t like him. I don’t think they have any idea what they’re doing.” Another Gandhi statue had been vandalised in…