President Trump on Monday declared national holidays on Nov. 11 and May 8 to commemorate victories in World War I and World War II, respectively.
In a social media post, Trump reiterated his view that the U.S. should be celebrating its military victories, as some other countries do.
“We won two World Wars, but we never took credit for it — Everyone else does!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “All over the World, the Allies are celebrating the Victory we had in World War II. The only Country that doesn’t celebrate is the United States of America, and the Victory was only accomplished because of us.”
He added: “Therefore, I am hereby declaring a National Holiday in celebration of the Victories of World War I, where the Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918, and World War II, where the Victory date was May 8, 1945.”
Trump said the country would not be closing “for these two very important Holidays,” since “we already have too many Holidays in America — There are not enough days left in the year.”
Nov. 11 is already commemorated each year as the all-encompassing Veterans Day.
Trump expressed his desire last week to commemorate the two victories with national holidays, saying he wanted to rename Veterans Day “Victory Day for World War I Day” and add another holiday to mark the WWII victory.
The following day, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt clarified in a statement that the administration is “not renaming Veteran’s Day… It will just be an additional proclamation that goes out on that day.”
