President Donald Trump has installed a recreated statue of Christopher Columbus on the White House grounds after it was originally toppled by protesters in Baltimore during 2020.The monument was reconstructed from marble shards recovered from the Inner Harbor by artist Will Hemsley in collaboration with several Italian American organizations.Trump praised the explorer as a national hero while criticizing the removal of historical monuments as an assault on collective memory during the country's 250th anniversary.Critics continue to challenge the installation by citing the role of Columbus in the exploitation and genocide of indigenous peoples during the era of European colonization.