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Trump Declares Two New Holidays, Says You Still Have to Work

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06.05.2025

Donald Trump clearly wants to flex his presidential powers by altering Americans’ calendars. But from his contradictory calls to change daylight saving time to his effort to bring back Columbus Day, which was never canceled, he’s having trouble making any meaningful changes to our schedules.

Nevertheless, the president persisted. On Monday night, he took to Truth Social to complain that the United States never took any credit for winning World War I and World War II. This seems highly inaccurate, but regardless, Trump said he is remedying the situation by declaring two new holidays: one on November 11, to mark the U.S. victory in WWI, and one on May 8, to mark the U.S. victory in WWII.

But don’t worry, these won’t be actual holidays where you get a day off — Trump knows Americans just love to work!

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