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Fox’s Kilmeade Rejects Trump-Ordered Lee Statue Restoration

6/5/2026

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Brian Kilmeade publicly rejected reinstating the Robert E. Lee statue on Fox & Friends, despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s March 2025 executive order directing a review and restoration of removed monuments.
He said on the June 4 broadcast that the statue should not be restored.
Co-host Ainsley Earhardt expressed surprise and Lawrence Jones suggested plaques to contextualize the statues, arguing the monuments themselves are not the problem.

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Brian Kilmeade publicly rejected reinstating the Robert E. Lee statue on Fox & Friends, despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s March 2025 executive order directing a review and restoration of removed monuments.
He said on the June 4 broadcast that the statue should not be restored.
Co-host Ainsley Earhardt expressed surprise and Lawrence Jones suggested plaques to contextualize the statues, arguing the monuments themselves are not the problem.