This is more of an update not particularly related to Trump himself. He has been busy with other things lately, and this story has sort of fallen by the wayside. Still, an update did appear, and it turns out the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has a list of Confederate memorials nationwide, but that list continues to be updated. It turns out that over the last year, 75 memorials have been renamed or removed from public places, but the list has increased by 237 in that time, so over 300 such memorials have been identified since then. The fact is that such sites really aren't in a general sort of database, and they are scattered throughout the US. The SPLC has been working on it, but I suspect that the word hasn't spread as far and wide as people might think. This sort of thing takes time and effort, which of course translates to money, and the question of just how high this is on the list of things to do for people in general. Because, while it did get a high profile spike in public consciousness, the more important thing was apparently the whole Alt Right and open racism on the march in America. That protest group has gone to ground again, and may have lost steam when a lot of the Polo patrol was faced with the ugly reality that the real hard core are quite willing to kill if they think they are being supported.
As for the memorials themselves, it takes money to take them down or relocate them. Local citizenry may not be keen to spend that money, prioritizing other projects for public funds. Some of the monument are also not publicly owned, so private property rights are in play as well. It's one thing for the city council to remove a statue from a public area, a whole other thing to try and get someone to remove a memorial from private property.
It seems unlikely that his story will get much in the way of national headlines again without some outsize event. It MIGHT happen, and of course, depending on how serious it gets (and whether Klansmen and neo-nazis are involved again), it seems unlikely that this will get attention from the POTUS otherwise.
- Trump Charity lawsuit by New York Attorney General
- FBI investigation (it keeps being called a Russian Collusion investigation, but I'm pretty sure more to it than that at this point)
- North Korea
- The Space Force
- The Border Wall
- Alien Children Detention/family separation
- Presidential Pardons
- Civil War Monuments
- Muslim Travel Ban
- China Tariffs/Trade
- Canada-G7 Tariffs/Trade
- NAFTA
- Puerto Rico response
- Military Parade in Washington
- World Trade Organization
- Covfefe Syndrome
- NATO
- Russia/Putin relationship
Giuliani still there as Lawyer
John F. Kelly still there as Chief of Staff - 6-29-2018 Trump says "Things Happen."
Jeff Sessions still there as Attorney General
Sarah Huckabee Sanders still there as Press Secretary, rumors continue to be denied.
Mike Pompeo - Secretary of State
John Bolton - National Security Advisor
Marc Short - White House Legislative Affairs Director - no denial of plans regarding his departure prior to the 2018 midterms.
Kirstjen Nielsen - Homeland Security Secretary
Joe Hagin - White House deputy Chief of Staff is resigning.- reported June 19th
Scott Pruitt - EPA Director - Resigned 7-5-2018
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