Trump Expected to Shrink Two Utah Monuments by Two-Thirds
Newly leaked documents show President Donald Trump will announce plans to shrink two sprawling Utah national monuments by nearly two-thirds.
The Colorado River winds around the northern reaches of Bear Ears National Monument in Utah.
Photographer: Jim Lo Scalzo/Epa/REX/Shutterstock
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Washington (AP) -- President Donald Trump will announce plans next week to shrink two sprawling Utah national monuments by nearly two-thirds, an action that environmentalists and tribal leaders called illegal and another affront to Native Americans.
Trump has already offended Native Americans by overriding tribal objections to approve the Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines and using a White House event honoring Navajo Code Talkers to take a political jab at a Democratic senator he has nicknamed "Pocahontas."