(CNN) President Donald Trump said on Twitter Friday that he has signed an executive order on protecting monuments, an action the President had been teasing for the past week. "I just had the privilege of signing a very strong Executive Order protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues - and combatting recent Criminal Violence," the President wrote Friday. In essence, the order directs the attorney general to enforce the already-existing law. The order also calls for "limiting federal grants for jurisdictions and law enforcement agencies that permit the desecration of monuments, memorials, or statues." It states that "the heads of all executive departments and agencies shall examine their respective grant programs" and apply the order's policies to the extent "appropriate and consistent with applicable law."

Source: CNN June 26, 2020 22:12 UTC