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President Donald Trump announced that he would be reviving Columbus Day under its “same rules, dates, and locations” as it had been previously celebrated for decades.
In a post to Truth Social, President Trump wrote on Sunday that the day would be brought “back from the ashes,” tearing into Democrats for destroying the Italian explorer’s reputation.
“I’m bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes,” explained the president. “The Democrats did everything possible to destroy Christopher Columbus, his reputation, and all of the Italians that love him so much. They tore down his Statues, and put up nothing but “WOKE,” or even worse, nothing at all!”
“Well, you’ll 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,” he concluded.
Columbus Day has been criticized by many progressive critics for the explorer’s tumultuous relationship with indigenous groups upon his landing in the New World.
Amid this political incorrectness, these criticisms led to the removal of 40 Columbus statues between 2018 and 2021, according to the Washington Post, and a movement to reimagine the day altogether.
Rather than celebrating the famed European explorer, many states commemorate Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead, although it is not a recognized federal holiday.
Currently, 17 states no longer celebrate Columbus Day, including Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Joe Biden also became the first U.S. president to commemorate Indigenous Peoples’ Day in 2021, while continuing to recognize the day throughout the remainder of his term.
