President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he is restoring the names of Confederate traitors who fought to keep Black people enslaved to American military bases across the country despite Congress mandating their removal in a law enacted over his veto five years ago.
Speaking to active-duty troops at Fort Bragg in North Carolina — which had been renamed Fort Liberty under President Joe Biden — Trump told the assembled soldiers he would also be restoring the names of Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, Fort Rucker, Fort Polk, Fort AP Hill and Fort Robert E. Lee.