'Anarchists' who damage US monuments should face up to a decade in prison, the president says.
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for protesters who target monuments to be imprisoned.
Mr Trump's order also calls for withholding federal funds from local jurisdictions and police departments that fail to stop such"mob rule". The president issued the order on Friday evening hours after he abruptly cancelled a planned trip to his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, writing on Twitter that he would stay in Washington DC to"make sure LAW & ORDER is enforced".
"Individuals and organizations have the right to peacefully advocate for either the removal or the construction of any monument," the executive order says.
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