Trump’s new proclamation to “make Columbus Day great again” isn’t about honoring Italian Americans; it’s about reviving the old lie that conquest equals discovery.
From Columbus’s own journals to Trump’s DEI purge, iPINIONS shows how historical whitewashing keeps finding fresh political sponsors.
Read my full take on Substack:
https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-is-making-indigenous-peoples
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