{"id":26046,"date":"2025-04-27T21:57:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T21:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=26046"},"modified":"2025-04-27T21:57:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T21:57:43","slug":"trump-vows-to-bring-columbus-day-back-from-the-ashes-bashes-dems-for-destroying-explorers-reputation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=26046","title":{"rendered":"Trump vows to bring Columbus Day back \u2018from the ashes,\u2019 bashes Dems for destroying explorer\u2019s \u2018reputation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>President Trump on Sunday vowed to bring Columbus Day back \u201cfrom the ashes\u201d \u2014 railing against critics of the controversial European explorer who the holiday honors.<\/p>\n<p>Columbus Day remains largely a celebrated national holiday, but the president suggested he has plans to boost it and its namesake even more amid mainly progressive complaints about the mistreatment of indigenous tribes after Christopher Columbus connected Europeans to the Americas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114411157925493893\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump wrote in a fiery post on Truth Social<\/a>. \u201cThe Democrats did everything possible to destroy Christopher Columbus, his reputation, and all of the Italians that love him so much.<\/p>\n<p>\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,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am hereby reinstating Columbus Day under the same rules, dates, and locations, as it has had for all of the many decades before!\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"connatix-outstream-video\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"35752161\"><\/button><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35752161\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/2025-upon-returning-trip-attend-103380200_d6362d.jpg?w=1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/2025-upon-returning-trip-attend-103380200_d6362d.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 3353w, 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/2025-upon-returning-trip-attend-103380200_d6362d.jpg?resize=600,400&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/2025-upon-returning-trip-attend-103380200_d6362d.jpg?resize=662,441&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 662w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/2025-upon-returning-trip-attend-103380200_d6362d.jpg?resize=90,60&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 90w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/2025-upon-returning-trip-attend-103380200_d6362d.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/2025-upon-returning-trip-attend-103380200_d6362d.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/2025-upon-returning-trip-attend-103380200_d6362d.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" alt=\"Donald Trump on Sunday announced he was &quot;bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes.&quot;\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" data-modal-image=\"35752161\" \/><figcaption>Donald Trump on Sunday announced he will be \u201cbringing Columbus Day back from the ashes.\u201d<span class=\"credit\"><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span>In recent decades, progressive critics have attempted to supplant Columbus Day with \u201cIndigenous Peoples\u2019 Day\u201d over complaints about the treatment that Native American tribes endured under colonization.<\/p>\n<p>But the national Columbus Day holiday is still recognized by the federal government and localities across the country, including ones that hold celebrations such as the Columbus Day Parade\u00a0in New York City.\u00a0Federal workers get the day off.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Joe Biden became the first president in 2021 to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/10\/08\/a-proclamation-indigenous-peoples-day-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">officially commemorate<\/a>\u00a0Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Day, though it is not a federally recognized holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, 82, also celebrated Columbus Day, which occurs on the\u00a0second Monday of October, during his four years in office.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"35752163\"><\/button><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35752163\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/born-1446-103431002.jpg?w=843\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/born-1446-103431002.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 3127w, 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/born-1446-103431002.jpg?resize=165,200&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 165w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/born-1446-103431002.jpg?resize=231,281&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/born-1446-103431002.jpg?resize=322,391&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/born-1446-103431002.jpg?resize=300,365&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/born-1446-103431002.jpg?resize=363,441&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 363w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/born-1446-103431002.jpg?resize=49,60&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 49w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/born-1446-103431002.jpg?resize=48,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 48w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/born-1446-103431002.jpg?resize=128,156&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 128w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/born-1446-103431002.jpg?resize=41,50&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 41w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/born-1446-103431002.jpg?resize=150,182&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" alt=\"\" width=\"486\" height=\"590\" data-modal-image=\"35752163\" \/><figcaption>Trump bashed Democrats for doing \u201ceverything possible to destroy Christopher Columbus, his reputation, and all of the Italians that love him so much.\u201d<span class=\"credit\">Heritage Images via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Washington, DC, and more than a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/blogs\/national-museum-american-indian\/2020\/10\/12\/indigenous-peoples-day-updated2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dozen states recognize<\/a>\u00a0Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Day. Many of those states celebrate\u00a0Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Day in addition to Columbus Day.<\/p>\n<p>Given Columbus\u2019 Italian heritage, he remains a celebrated figure for many in the Italian American community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told us when we endorsed him he would SAVE COLUMBUS DAY! Promises kept! A true PAISAN!\u201d the Italian American Civil Rights League\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheIACRL\/status\/1916558142961287276\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said in a statement<\/a>\u00a0about Trump\u2019s Sunday remarks about Columbus Day.<\/p>\n<p>Columbus Day has been a federally recognized holiday since 1937 amid lobbying efforts from Italian American groups such as the Knights of Columbus.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; President Trump on Sunday vowed to bring Columbus Day back \u201cfrom the ashes\u201d \u2014 railing against critics of the controversial European explorer who the holiday honors. 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