Happy Columbus Day!!!
It happened in the Oval Office a year ago, and the reaction was so unusual the President himself couldn't let it go: "๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ. ๐๐ข๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต? ๐'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ."
The line that triggered it was simple. "๐๐'๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฒ. ๐๐'๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค. ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ." No press release, no committee vote โ just a room full of reporters clapping for a holiday getting its name back.
Columbus Day has been a federal observance since FDR's 1937 proclamation and has sat on the second Monday of October since the Uniform Monday Holiday Act took effect in 1971. In 2021, Joe Biden became the first president to also proclaim "Indigenous Peoples' Day" on the very same date, and the dueling-holiday confusion stuck for four years.
Trump's answer both years has been the same: no co-branding, no asterisk. The White House marked the holiday again this week with ๐ณ๐๐ซ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ' ๐๐๐ฒ โ just a Columbus Day celebration, a statue, and a President who isn't interested in splitting the credit.
Today is that same second Monday in October, and the name on the calendar hasn't moved an inch since that room full of reporters couldn't help themselves.
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฆ๐. ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ.

M.A. Rothman
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โIt happened in the Oval Office a year ago, and the reaction was so unusual the President himself couldn't let it go: "๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ. ๐๐ข๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต? ๐'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ."
The line that triggered it was simple. "๐๐'๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฒ. ๐๐'๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค. ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ." No press release, no committee vote โ just a room full of reporters clapping for a holiday getting its name back.
Columbus Day has been a federal observance since FDR's 1937 proclamation and has sat on the second Monday of October since the Uniform Monday Holiday Act took effect in 1971. In 2021, Joe Biden became the first president to also proclaim "Indigenous Peoples' Day" on the very same date, and the dueling-holiday confusion stuck for four years.
Trump's answer both years has been the same: no co-branding, no asterisk. The White House marked the holiday again this week with ๐ณ๐๐ซ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ' ๐๐๐ฒ โ just a Columbus Day celebration, a statue, and a President who isn't interested in splitting the credit.
Today is that same second Monday in October, and the name on the calendar hasn't moved an inch since that room full of reporters couldn't help themselves.
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฆ๐. ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ.










