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Trump promotes patriotic education:Teaching young people to love America

In a speech full of attacks on the left, accusations against his opponents of pursuing a cultural revolution, President Donald Trump yesterday announced a new federal education plan to promote "patriotic education," in an effort to combat what he described as a left-wing " campaign against American History".

“Today, I am pleased to announce that I will soon sign an executive order establishing a national commission to promote patriotic education. It will be called the Commission of 1776," the Republican president said in a speech at the National Archives Museum in Washington, at an event held to mark the anniversary of the signing of the US Constitution.

"Our young people will be taught to love America with all their heart and all their soul," he said. "It will encourage our educators to teach our children the wonder of American History and make plans to commemorate the 250th anniversary of our founding."

After the deaths of African-Americans at the hands of white police officers and incidents of police brutality, the debate about the legacy of slavery, about racism and how deeply it is rooted in state structures has been rekindled in the US in recent months.

According to the Athens and Macedonian News Agency, in his speech the US president accused left-wing activists, politicians, media and businesses of waging a cultural revolution "designed to subvert the American revolution", even in classrooms where children are taught to be ashamed of their own History.

"The deviance and chaos caused by the left is the direct result of decades of left-wing indoctrination in our schools. It's been going on for far too long. The campaign against American history is toxic propaganda, an ideological poison that if not removed will destroy social cohesion, destroy our country," Trump said.

A month and a half before the presidential election, with polls showing him trailing Democratic rival Joe Biden, the tycoon president has been launching sustained attacks on Democrats, whom he accuses of seeking to destroy what he calls the American way. life.

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