Trump Touts Interior Cleanup of Union General George Thomas Statue Near White House
Trump shares an Interior Department update from Greg Wischer saying 83 statues, monuments and memorials have been cleaned, with new photos of work on the George H. Thomas equestrian statue.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald Trump posted an Interior Department update on Truth Social crediting the cleaning of 83 statues, monuments and memorials, including the equestrian statue of Union General George Thomas near the White House.
Here is the full post on truthsocial: “From Greg Wischer at the United States Department of the Interior: “So far, 83 statues, monuments, and memorials have been cleaned and fixed. Here are photos of the in-progress cleaning of the Union General George Thomas statue located northeast of the White House.”” on August 28, 2026 at 11:24 AM ET.
This is Trump’s 8th message released today, and the last post was 2 minutes ago, and it is not part of a thread. On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 53 of his 607 posts over the last 30 days classified as Domestic Policy posts.
Greg Wischer, the official credited in the post, serves as the Interior Department’s deputy assistant secretary for land and minerals management and worked as a consultant in the critical minerals space before the appointment according to eenews. The role advances energy and public land policies under Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, who also chairs the National Energy Dominance Council according to eenews. Documents list Wischer as a current staffer at the agency according to eenews. A man sharing the same name competed for the Boise State University men’s tennis team as a sophomore during the 2016-17 season, listed at 6-foot-1 and from Grand Forks, North Dakota according to broncosports.
The Union General George H. Thomas statue is being cleaned at Thomas Circle in Washington D.C.
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George Henry Thomas, the general named in the post, was born in Southampton County, Virginia, on July 31, 1816, and earned the nickname “the Rock of Chickamauga” after his defensive stand at the Georgia battle in 1863 according to encyclopediavirginia. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1836 until 1840 and finished twelfth in a class of forty-two, with classmates including William T. Sherman according to encyclopediavirginia. Thomas won an early Union victory at the Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky, in 1862 and defeated the Confederate Army of Tennessee at the Battle of Nashville in 1864 according to encyclopediavirginia.
Thomas owned slaves before the war, but commanding African American soldiers led him to change his views, and he became a defender of civil rights during Reconstruction according to encyclopediavirginia. As senior military commander in Kentucky and Tennessee from 1865 until 1869, he fought to protect African Americans from the Ku Klux Klan and other groups according to encyclopediavirginia. A Southerner by birth, Thomas remained with the old army when the Civil War broke out, and his Virginia relatives refused to speak to him after he sided with the Union according to encyclopediavirginia. He died of a stroke in 1870 according to encyclopediavirginia.
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