His Rightful Place

America being a Christian country and thus enamoured of graven images, the grounds of the remains of the White House have been graced with the remains of a statue. The original was thrown into a Baltimore harbour during anti-racism protests, and a replica unum has been constructed out of the fragmentary pluribus. The subject of the statue is Christopher Columbus, whom the Trumpster and his head-tribble have acclaimed as "the original American hero." Given that Columbus had a habit of sailing to other people's countries in order to enslave them, and that his geographical knowledge was such that he mistook the Caribbean for India, there seems little reason to dispute that assessment.