Trump Hit With Pointed Reminders After Complaining About Damaged Landmark [Video]

Former President Donald Trump, who has called Jan. 6, 2021, rioters “unbelievable patriots,” on Tuesday criticized anti-war protesters at Columbia University for damaging property during their occupation of Hamilton Hall.

The hypocrisy was not lost on commentators, who wondered where this outrage was when hundreds of Trump’s supporters laid siege to the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 election.

Calling into Sean Hannity’s Fox News show, Trump praised New York police for clearing people from the university administration building on Tuesday night. Protesters had occupied the building in protest of Israel’s war on Gaza.

“It should never have gotten to this, and they should have done it a lot sooner than before they took over the building because it would have been a lot easier if they were in tents rather than a building,” Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity in a phone interview.

“And tremendous damage …