President Donald Trump called the sledgehammer attack on an Iwo Jima statue near Marine Corps Base Quantico a “disgrace” after police arrested a man accused of knocking the head off one of the figures.
\n\nTrump made the remarks when a reporter asked what his message was to someone who disrespects a memorial honoring fallen Marines and what should happen to the person responsible.
\n\n“What he did to that beautiful memorial was terrible. I guess he comes from Mexico,” Trump said. “He came in through the border of Biden, the open border of Biden and we nabbed him.”
\n\n“But what he did to that beautiful memorial, very important memorial, was a disgrace,” he added.
\n\nTrump did not specify what punishment he believed the suspect should receive.
\n\nPrince William County police identified the suspect as Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, of Stafford, Virginia. Officers responded to a report of property destruction near Richmond Highway and Fuller Road in Quantico at approximately 10:13 p.m. Wednesday, October 21. Police said they arrived to find him striking the statue with a sledgehammer.
\n\nOfficers detained Maldonado Soriano without incident. The damage included the removal of one figure’s head, along with other damage to the sculpture. Police…
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