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riversedge

(75,229 posts)
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:18 PM 13 hrs ago

Trump vows to bring Columbus Day back 'from the ashes,' bashes Dems for destroying explorer's 'reputation'

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Source: nypost.com


By Ryan King Published April 27, 2025, 2:05 p.m. ET

President Trump vowed to bring back Columbus Day “from the ashes” in a fiery social media post where he railed against backlash to the controversial European explorer whom the holiday honors.

“I’m bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “The Democrats did everything possible to destroy Christopher Columbus, his reputation, and all of the Italians that love him so much.“They tore down his Statues, and put up nothing but ‘WOKE,’ or even worse, nothing at all! Well, you’ll be happy to know, Christopher is going to make a major comeback.

“I am hereby reinstating Columbus Day under the same rules, dates, and locations, as it has had for all of the many decades before!”



Read more: https://nypost.com/2025/04/27/us-news/trump-announces-columbus-day-is-back-from-the-ashes/







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flor-de-jasmim

(2,209 posts)
1. I always have to check to see if these reports are from the Onion or Borowitz. Sigh...
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:19 PM
13 hrs ago

Bo Zarts

(25,981 posts)
2. Praise Jesus! Happy days are here again!
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:21 PM
13 hrs ago

bucolic_frolic

(49,994 posts)
3. Thanks for the Retro precedent
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:22 PM
13 hrs ago

Someday you'll be gone from office

Ocelot II

(124,370 posts)
4. It's still a federal holiday, but some states, including mine, recognize it as Indigenous Peoples Day.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:26 PM
13 hrs ago

I'm sure Krasnov will try to put a stop to that.

rsdsharp

(10,710 posts)
5. Yeah, Columbus Day was really a big deal back in the day.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:29 PM
13 hrs ago

A silly poem, three ship names, and maaaay-be a mimeographed picture you could color.

Bigger than Christmas, 🎅 Halloween 🎃 and Easter 🐣 rolled into one, I tells ya.

hadEnuf

(3,130 posts)
6. Lies are truth.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:29 PM
13 hrs ago

Truth is a lie.

This is Trump world.

twodogsbarking

(13,457 posts)
7. We could have schools teach the truth but that isn't the plan.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:30 PM
13 hrs ago

taxi

(2,166 posts)
8. And visions of steam powered trains flash through his mind, big beautiful clouds of steams, harmless black smoke spewing
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:31 PM
13 hrs ago

from a stack, and smiling passengers waving their arms out of open windows. Oh, those were the days he dreams of. It's a pity he doesn't have a clue. The days of Colombus as a hero are as far behind us as the early trains.
Seriously, who is he trying to appeal to? What diminishing portion of the population does he think of as the future of America? He needs some serious help.

Karasu

(1,006 posts)
9. Yeah, that's about what I'd expect from today's GOP. Mindlessly contrarian historical revisionism.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 03:55 PM
12 hrs ago

SunSeeker

(55,536 posts)
10. Columbus didn't discover anything, the dumbass thought he sailed to India.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:51 PM
12 hrs ago

That's why he named the people who had ACTUALLY discovered America "Indians."

Retrograde

(11,066 posts)
11. Columbus destroyed his own reputation
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 04:58 PM
11 hrs ago

I'll give him credit for being a decent mariner (I'm still impressed by how early sailors were able to find their ways back home) but he was a bad enough administrator and colonizer to get himself hauled back to Spain in chains, which took some doing. Still, he had a tremendous historical impact, making the two hemispheres aware of each other.

I advocate for "Encounter Day", when we can reflect on how the world changed.

generalbetrayus

(841 posts)
12. Has the price of eggs dropped yet?
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:49 PM
10 hrs ago

MissouriDem47

(146 posts)
13. I doubt that Columbus cares one way or the other.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 07:02 PM
9 hrs ago

Omaha Steve

(105,340 posts)
14. AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 07:11 PM
9 hrs ago

NY Post is not a reputable news source.

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