A portrait of Confederate general Robert E Lee that includes a slave guiding his horse is set to be reinstated in the Pentagon.

The 20-foot-tall painting, which was on display at the United States Military Academy for 70 years, will be hung in the West Point library under President Trump’s instruction despite a congressionally mandated commission that ordered its removal back in 2020.

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    1 day ago

    Under this administration, we honor our history and learn from it — we don’t erase it.

    What a ridiculous thing to say.

    Taking down a portrait is not erasing history, it’s merely refusing to celebrate particular people or behaviors that the entire world finds abhorrent in 2025.

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      13 hours ago

      It’s all lies. They didn’t believe what they say, they’re doing it to make their racist as shit supporters feel like they win someone, while they rob them blind and destroy their rights behind their backs.

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      15 hours ago

      Also, it’s rich coming from the administration that has basically killed the Smithsonian because they don’t want them to talk about slavery.

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      23 hours ago

      The same dipshits pretended that people were learning history from statues. Instead of what those statues were actually for, and that was as a gigantic fuck you to Blacks, liberals, and the United States and a celebration of the Confederate traitor losers.