The 11th of November is the day set aside for the country to honor those brave souls that gave their all in service to their country.
It is a holiday for a reason….to show respect.
It could possibly become a thing of the past if Little Donny gets his way….
President Trump says he is renaming Veterans Day to celebrate victory—and he’s giving Victory in Europe Day a new name as well. “Many of our allies and friends are celebrating May 8th as Victory Day, but we did more than any other Country, by far, in producing a victorious result on World War II,” he said in a Truth Social post. “I am hereby renaming May 8th as Victory Day for World War II and November 11th as Victory Day for World War I again!”
- Politico calls the push to rename Veterans Day “surprising.” It was originally Armistice Day, marking the last day of WWI, but was broadened in the 1950s to include American veterans of other wars, including WWII.
- CNN reports that, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Congress passed a law in 1938 declaring November 11 a day to be dedicated to WWI veterans and “the cause of world peace.”
“We won both Wars, nobody was close to us in terms of strength, bravery, or military brilliance, but we never celebrate anything,” Trump wrote. “That’s because we don’t have leaders anymore, that know how to do so! We are going to start celebrating our victories again!” The BBC reports that Trump’s remarks are likely to anger Russia, which marks its victory in World War II, which it calls the Great Patriotic War, on May 9. When Germany surrendered unconditionally on May 8, 1945, the date marked as V-E Day elsewhere, it was already May 9 on Moscow time. The Soviet Union lost around 27 million people, including almost 9 million troops, in the war.
Unlike Veterans Day, May 8 isn’t a federal holiday and Trump didn’t say whether he plans to make it one, which would require an act of Congress. Critics were quick to point out that despite Trump’s proposed name change, the date doesn’t mark American victory in WWII, which came months later, when Japan surrendered after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. “We won World War II on August 15, 1945 when the Japanese surrendered,” Keith Olbermann said in a post on X. “Trump is a complete moron.” That date is marked as V-J Day in countries including the UK and Australia, though historians say the official end of the war was September 2, 1945, when Japan signed surrender documents aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, CNN reports
This idiot is a history MORON!
But what can you expect from this ‘person’? After all he could not tear himself away from the golf course to go to Dover Air Base to honor fallen American soldiers when their bodies were returned to the nation.
Not only is this tool disrespecting Americans he also made some glowing moronic statements about WW2…
“We won both wars, nobody was close to us in terms of strength, bravery or military brilliance, but we never celebrate anything,” he said.
“Many of our allies and friends are celebrating May 8th as Victory Day, but we did more than any other Country, by far, in producing a victorious result on World War II,” Trump said online.
This man is an idiot to discount the contribution of the UK and France and the rest of Europe in the victory over the Nazis (Is that his intention?)
+++Please forgive my next statement….if harsh words offend you then by all means bypass this one+++
This is to some of my fellow veterans….why id god’s name would semi-literate asshole support his disrespectful son-of-a-bitch?
I am offended as so should would any veterans that served his country in the military.
This is not a done deal so hopefully Congress will not let this travesty become law….but I have my doubts.
Anything to say?
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
His obscene actions get worse and worse, and wait for your store shelves to go bare soon as well..is this really what his supporters voted for?
Does seems to just say crap and walk it back…..they say by October if things do not change….chuq
The Trump-ites in Congress will undoubtedly fall to their knees, frantically nodding their heads, and chanting “your will be done, oh mighty one. The wisdom of the ages rests upon you!”
Sounds like fantasy? HA!
They already are doing similar stuff for him….it would not surprise me chuq
If we have Presidents’ Day for all presidents , Veteran’s Day should remain for all vets all wars. Trump may be come a bit deranged.
I think ‘a bit’ is an understatement. chuq
He has once again excelled himself with crass ignorance, and his insults to those who fought in both world wars. America came into WW1 in 1917, and everyone is grateful that they did. But to claim that America ‘won’ WW1 is just too much.
As for WW2, that could not have been won without the Soviet Union, no matter how unpopular that may be to say now. The Russian dead far exceeded all other countries, and it could be argued that America would not even have taken part in WW2 if there had been no Pearl Harbour attack in late 1941.
We had our ‘VE Day’ national celebration in London today, with a march past from all services at Buckingham Palace, and a fly-past of some iconic aircraft. It was actually quite reserved and tasteful, including the attendance of veterans who were either in their late nineties, or over one hundred years old.
Trump could learn something by watching that on the BBC. Best wishes, Pete.
If it is not on FOX or OAN then he would not watch…..it is so sad to see just how deep his stupidity has become. chuq
Veterans who have fought for American Democracy now have to wake up to the fact that they fought in vain.
At least they fought and not some home bound yahoo or a dodger like the prez. chuq