Biden nixes Trump's 'American Heroes' sculpture garden that included Steve Jobs effigy

President Joe Biden on Friday officially cancelled a Trump-era project that called for the construction of a garden filled with "American Heroes" statuary, including a sculpture of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

Biden revoked the authorization to build Trump's garden, and several other related orders, on Friday, reports Politico. As noted by the publication, Biden was largely expected to nix the project that began life as a response to nationwide racial justice protests.Plans to build the National Garden of American Heroes were detailed in an executive order signed by Trump in January. The effort was part of that administration's push to address conservative sentiment at a time when public calls to remove Confederate monuments mounted, a movement Trump described as "dangerous anti-American extremism."

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