Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt commented to Newsmax on President Donald Trump’s decision to change the names of seven Army bases back to their former monikers honoring Confederate generals.

Speaking to “Finnerty” on Tuesday, Holt said: “If you erase your history, you’re on your way to Marxism. Don’t erase your history. Learn from your history.”

Trump told attendees at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, at a celebration of the Army’s 250th anniversary that “we are also going to be restoring the names to Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, Fort Gordon, Fort Rucker, Fort Polk, and Fort A.P. Hill, and Fort Robert E. Lee.”

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