Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star ‘vandalized, tagged with Black Lives Matter, and has bag of s**t dumped on it’
TRUMP'S Walk of Fame star has been vandalized again - this time with a Black Lives Matter tag, spray paint, and a bag of what appears to be feces.
The president's Hollywood honor has a "BLM" tag, the acronym for , scrawled beside it, as well as a poster calling for revolution.
Photos of star emerged on Sunday while around 20,000 protesters marched through Hollywood to demand justice for , Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and many other black individuals who have been victims of racial violence.
The graffiti was well documented on social media, with various images surfacing illustrating how protesters first crossed out Trump's name, then added male genitals, curse words, and eventually completely blotting out the star with spray paint.
It's not the first time the star, which is located near Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, has been targeted.
Weeks before the 2016 presidential election, it was obliterated by a pick axe, and then fell pray to the same tool of destruction again in July 2018.
The star has also been adorned with swastikas, spit, jail cell bars,
Despite calls to remove Trump’s section of the walk altogether, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has stood firmly by its policy of preserving every star for historical value.
“The stars, once installed, are considered part of the historic fabric of the Walk,” chamber president and chief executive Leron Gubler said in a statement announcing the replacement, funded by the Walk’s charitable foundation, the Hollywood Historic Trust.
On Monday morning, the president tweeted: "LAW & ORDER, NOT DEFUND AND ABOLISH THE POLICE. The Radical Left Democrats have gone Crazy!"
Trump shared his opinion just one day after it was announced that the city's beleaguered department in the wake of death.
On Sunday he announced that soldiers "will be going home" following Saturday's anti-racism protests, but warned they could return "if needed".
"I have just given an order for our National Guard to start the process of withdrawing from Washington, D.C., now that everything is under perfect control," he said.
"They will be going home, but can quickly return, if needed. Far fewer protesters showed up last night than anticipated!"
Three generals blasted Trump's threat to deploy the military against George Floyd protesters and said the National Guard are not under the President's orders.
Army General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, urged troops to "defend the Constitution" in a memo.
The letter - - Milley stated his opposition against the National Guard being used to handle civil unrest across the country.
It came as more than 17,000 National Guard troops were deployed across 23 states to patrol the cities that have erupted in protests and looting.
In a handwritten note at the bottom of the letter, Milley wrote: "We all committed our lives to the idea that is America.
"We will stay true to that and the American people."
He said the Guard is not under federal control and the US Military will continue to protect Americans' "freedom of speech and right to peaceful assembly."
Milley's statement comes after he was criticized for wearing a combat uniform, alongside Mark Esper, as they accompanied Trump on his controversial photo op in front of St John’s Church in Washington DC.
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