{"id":13598,"date":"2025-05-11T22:27:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T22:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=13598"},"modified":"2025-05-11T22:27:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T22:27:57","slug":"donald-trump-proposes-new-name-for-veterans-day-in-controversial-move-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=13598","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Proposes New Name For Veterans Day In Controversial Move."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US President proposed renaming Veterans Day to \u201cVictory Day for World War I,\u201d claiming it\u2019s time for Americans to start celebrating their victories again.<\/p><div class=\"qxaee69f55f0285490\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.qxaee69f55f0285490 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.qxaee69f55f0285490 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.qxaee69f55f0285490 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.qxaee69f55f0285490 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.qxaee69f55f0285490 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>He also suggested renaming Victory in Europe Day (May 8) to \u201cVictory in World War II Day.\u201d Trump argued that the U.S. did more than any other country in winning WWII and should celebrate its military successes.Trump in a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote: \u201cMany 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. I am hereby renaming May 8th as Victory Day for World War II and November 11th as Victory Day for World War I. We won both Wars, nobody was close to us in terms of strength, bravery, or military brilliance, but we never celebrate anything \u2014 That\u2019s because we don\u2019t have leaders anymore, that know how to do so! We are going to start celebrating our victories again!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Veterans Day, originally Armistice Day, was expanded in the 1950s in order to honor all U.S. veterans. It was declared a federal holiday in 1968, and now honors veterans from all conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>change a holiday that honors all service members.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Trump\u2019s comments on WWII may provoke international opposition, particularly from Russia, which honors the Soviet Union\u2019s immense losses in the war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US President proposed renaming Veterans Day to \u201cVictory Day for World War I,\u201d claiming it\u2019s time for Americans to start celebrating their victories again. He also suggested renaming Victory in Europe Day (May 8) to \u201cVictory in World War II Day.\u201d Trump argued that the U.S. did more than any other country in winning&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Donald Trump Proposes New Name For Veterans Day In Controversial Move. - VM News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=13598\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Donald Trump Proposes New Name For Veterans Day In Controversial Move. - VM News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The US President proposed renaming Veterans Day to \u201cVictory Day for World War I,\u201d claiming it\u2019s time for Americans to start celebrating their victories again. 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