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: "𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦. 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦."
The line that triggered it was simple. "𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲. 𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐖𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬." No press release, no committee vote — 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 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬' 𝐃𝐚𝐲 — 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.
𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.

M.A. Rothman
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏𝐒 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐊𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐃 “𝐖𝐄’𝐑𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐓 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: "𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦. 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦."
The line that triggered it was simple. "𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲. 𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐖𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬." No press release, no committee vote — 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 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬' 𝐃𝐚𝐲 — 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.
𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.



















