New York officials announced the Black Lives Matter slogan would be painted in bold letters on the street in front of the president’s skyscraper.
The move came as the state’s daily coronavirus cases record was smashed again.
The figure represents a resurgence that has led some governors to back track or at least pause the reopening of their states.
“As soon as the speakers started attacking the media, talking about fake news, it was like the KKK hoods came over these people who had been nice to me before."
He said Mr Trump was a “tin-pot dictator” and that Republicans were “worse than the old Communist Party”.
Video of Trump disembarking Marine One after lower than expected turnout as his campaign rally has been set to music
Andrew Jackson’s ruthless treatment of Native Americans has made his monument a target for protesters against the US legacy of racial injustice.
The rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is expected to be the biggest indoor event the US has seen since coronavirus restrictions began in March.
Eyewitness accounts indicated that police were on the scene but did not intervene to stop the statue being set on fire.
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