{"id":41552,"date":"2025-04-27T17:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T22:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=41552"},"modified":"2025-04-27T21:29:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T02:29:04","slug":"trump-says-hes-bringing-columbus-day-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=41552","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he\u2019s \u2018bringing Columbus Day back\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\"><u>President Trump\u2002<\/u><\/a>said Sunday in a post on Truth Social that he\u2019s \u201cbringing Columbus Day back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cI\u2019m bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes. The Democrats did everything possible to destroy Christopher Columbus, his reputation, and all of the Italians that love him so much,\u201d Trump wrote in his post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cThey tore down his Statues, and put up nothing but \u2018WOKE,\u2019 or even worse, nothing at all! Well, you\u2019ll be happy to know, Christopher is going to make a major comeback. I am hereby reinstating Columbus Day under the same rules, dates, and locations, as it has had for all of the many decades before!\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In 2021, former&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/joe-biden\/\"><u>President Biden\u2002<\/u><\/a>was the first United States president in office to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/575977-biden-issues-first-ever-presidential-proclamation-of-indigenous\/\"><u>issue a presidential proclamation<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;marking Indigenous Peoples Day. Indigenous Peoples Day has been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/520644-arizona-virginia-observe-indigenous-peoples-day-for-first-time-instead\/\"><u>celebrated by increasing numbers of Americans<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;in recent years on the same day as Columbus Day, as many have said that the violence Christopher Columbus inflicted on Native communities should not be glorified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cFor generations, Federal policies systematically sought to assimilate and displace Native people and eradicate Native cultures,\u201d Biden said in the proclamation in 2021. \u201cToday, we recognize Indigenous peoples\u2019 resilience and strength as well as the immeasurable positive impact that they have made on every aspect of American society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In multiple Columbus Day&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/410389-trump-makes-no-mention-of-indigenous-peoples-for-2nd-straight-year-in\/\"><u>proclamations from his first term<\/u><\/a>, Trump did not mention Indigenous Peoples Day by name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cColumbus\u2019s spirit of determination and adventure has provided inspiration to generations of Americans. On Columbus Day, we honor his remarkable accomplishments as a navigator, and celebrate his voyage into the unknown expanse of the Atlantic Ocean,\u201d Trump said in a proclamation from 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cHis expedition formed the initial bond between Europe and the Americas, and changed the world forever,\u201d he continued. \u201cToday, in that spirit, we continue to seek new horizons for greater opportunity and further discovery on land, in sea, and in space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5270165-trump-columbus-day\/\">Hill <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump\u2002said Sunday in a post on Truth Social that he\u2019s \u201cbringing Columbus Day back.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes. The Democrats did everything possible to destroy Christopher Columbus, his reputation, and all of the Italians that love him so much,\u201d Trump wrote in his post. \u201cThey tore down his Statues, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":41553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[33085,33086,1230],"class_list":["post-41552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-bringing-columbus-day-back","tag-indigenous-peoples-day","tag-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41554,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41552\/revisions\/41554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}