President Donald Trump plans to change the name of Veterans Day to “Victory Day for World War I”. Trump also wants to designate May 8 as “Victory Day for World War II.” On his post on Truth Social, Trump pointed to other countries who celebrate May 8th as Victory Day. He partly justified the move for the May 8th naming by stating that the U.S. did more than any other country.
From Military Times:
President Donald Trump in a social media post Thursday announced plans to rename Veterans Day as “Victory Day for World War I” and establish May 8 as “Victory Day for World War II.”
“We won both wars, nobody was close to us in terms of strength, bravery, or military brilliance, but we never celebrate anything,” Trump wrote in the late night statement. “That’s because we don’t have leaders anymore, that know how to do so! We are going to start celebrating our victories again!”
The move to rename Veterans Day — established to coincide with the end date of World War II — would overwrite 87 years of precedent in recognizing Nov. 11 as a national holiday celebrating all veterans.
During his last term in office, Trump issued a national proclamation for Veterans Day honoring the celebration as a chance for the country to “pause to pay tribute to all who have proudly worn our nation’s uniform.” He did not make any mention of the World War I origins of the date.
Additional Reading:
Shane III, L. (2025, May 2). Trump plans to change Veterans Day into ‘Victory Day for World War I’. Military Times. Link.
Fughin hilarious everything in that article is wrong.
Veterans Day DID NOT coincide with the end of WWII. It was end of WWI that ended on 11/11/18 at 11:11 in the morning Paris time. It originally marked the end of WWI and was later changed to Veterans Day.
Oh and Armistice Day was renamed Veterans Day in 1954, which was 70 years ago, not 87 years ago and we celebrate the 4th of July which honors the victory in the Revolutionary War and WWII ended in the European theater on May 8th and in the Pacific Theater on September 2nd and probably more problems but whose got time for that?
My grandma (born 1900) always called it Decoration Day.
Decoration Day was named after the Civil and was changed to Memorial day around 1970/1971
Upon further review, it actually was Memorial Day I was thinking of.
Yep. Those of us with grandparents who remembered “Reconstruction” and whose fathers participated in The Late Unpleasantries knew it as Decoration Day.
Yes. Some cemeteries lacked sufficient funds for perpetual care and many folks were unable to attend graves of their deceased. I remember going with my Grandmother who carried a milk bottle with a few wildflowers to place on Grandpa’s grave. He died of pneumonia, lacking penicillin at the time. We sang his favorite hymn, Rock of Ages. How is it that I
remember that but not whether I took my morning meds? ?
As for Tennessee, it’s Eastern half was pro-North; whereas, it’s western half was pro-South…
But we ALL are Americans.
I was born in 1952 but I still recall it being called “Armistice Day” — I think I was about 7 or 8, so around 1959-60. But I was going to schools on post.
I remember it being called Armistice Day and remember when it was changed to Veterans Day. I was 9 years old being born in 1945.
If you know you know.
Armistice day.
I’m ok with specifically recognizing the men who won those wars, though I prefer “Armistice Day” over “Victory Day for WWI.”
Different note: Military Times needs better editors/proofreaders.
Armistice is too neutral. It doesn’t specify who won.
Victory Day sounds better, and it might remind some millennials that we win wars.
Every day is Veterans Day.
As long as the beer in my fridge is cold and Golden Corral is full of folks that have less time in uniform than I have in a port-o-potty in a combat zone, you can call it “Suckers and Losers Day” and have Dylan Mulvaney sing the anthem at the ball game…
DGAF.
That being said: MT, I see you.
You had porta potties? Damn, now I’m jelly.
And when the roads and/or air went black our LogPac (logistical package?) couldn’t get to us with the pump trucks.
Turds above the rim.
Still jealous?
There were no porta potties on the firebases in the Viet of the Nam. Even in division base camps we still had to use latrines with 55-gallon drum halves that needed to be regularly burned with diesel fuel. Luckily, in the division base camps we had locals to do that. On the firebases, that was an unfun detail. Fortunately, officers were exempt.
Considering almost all of 2008 was Iraqi squats with non functional drainage (basically just went out the side of the building into a pond, which is where we also lived) I’ll take the occasional overflow, especially since I would have been exempt from the burn detail.
You would care if it was a Democrat doing this.
Democrats are well versed in sharing credit.
Any chance you were S-4 for a drill sergeant unit before you joined snivel affairs?
I was in Iraq with someone who seemed a lot like you. Once, when he was convoy commander, told me I couldn’t bring the shotgun in response to a riot, y’know, because that’s not nice (only non-lethal rounds I had). He had no problem with the .50 on my bathtub or the 249 in the secondary pintle, or my 203…. but, fuck, the Mossberg might terrify some local rioters into joining the enemy.
I thought about firing my one AT4 at a kid throwing rocks just to see how he’d react. “I was in fear for my life, but the mean ol’ Cap said I couldn’t bring my rubber ammo.”
Snivel boi has never been near a combat zone that wasn’t soros sponsored and where the police couldn’t fight back.
Democrats do shit just about every where, even here, see!
Please shut up
Leo Shane needs to take some fuggin’ U.S. history classes or have someone check his work before Military Times publishes any more of his articles.
Moron.
I’ve seen better reports from third graders.
Bet that’s funny as hell to all those Europeans like the Brits, French, Germans etc. who caught it for over three years before we got there. I’m always amused by the folks who think we beat Hitler singlehandedly.
Plus, the Russians and troops from all over the British Commonwealth countries.
Many Russians believe that the USSR was responsible for winning World War II… As if the other nations were “auxiliaries”, just helping out. The British, for their part, understood that even with manpower from the British Commonwealth, they were not going to be able to liberate Europe from Hitler… They needed US manpower. It took the combined effort of the allies to defeat Germany and Japan.
Boris would have won without us.
Thank god he didn’t, or Commissar might now be the US Prime Minister.
Stalin gave credit to our industrial capacity, without which he felt the USSR would’ve lost.
I’ve read comments by Russians that Russia was responsible for winning World War II… The rest of the nations that fought back then “just helped out”.
Why November 11th was Armistice Day because according to the Treaty of Versailles, hostilities were to cease on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. As for WWII, why not go back to observing “VE Day” and “VJ Day”?
“VJ Day” sounds like a female body part.
“VE Day” was “Victory in Europe Day” and “VJ Day” was “Victory in Japan Day”, FUCK IT if anyone gets “offended” over that!
A word can mean many different things without anyone getting offended. Personally, I try to associate myself with that particular female body part as often as possible.
Not all victories are equal, but victories nonetheless.
It does not matter what the name is changed too. In a couple of years it will be changed again. So I think I’ll celebrate all the world war victories and honor all the veterans from every branch of the military, space force included on those days regardless of what they call it today or tomorrow.
October 25th needs more attention in this respect.
? What happen oct 25? Picasso b-day
He might be talking about Saint Crispin’s Day.
Primarily, regarding Agincourt, but there have been several great battles on that date.
Armistice Day was changed to Veteran’s day to honor all veterans.
You Trump simps are twisting yourselves in knots trying to justify and excuse this even though you know damn well if Biden or Obama did this you all would have an aneurysm.
I didn’t see a single comment supporting the change.
Your reading comprehension is sill substandard. Possibly clouded by your liberal brainwashing. You see what you want to see, not what is clearly obvious.
That’s the truth.
In all honesty, I support the change (with some adjustments), and I think my comment said as much.
I’m ok with a different day as an overarching Veterans Day, or with none (I didn’t serve for the free beers, but I’m not turning them away).
I stand corrected!
You sayin’ I’m twisted? That’s twisted!
I’d have supported either in such if they had ever given two shits about servicemen at all.
I supported Obama’s decision to start brewing beer in the White House, again. Probably the only thing he ever did that I agree with, but I support it.
Glad to see you back my Conservative friend with your socialist Shtic act. I love and get a kick out of it.
I think the idea is almost, but not quite as dumb as you are.
Youre the only one having an aneurysm
Here is a copy of his actual statement. He wants to and May 8th Victory WWII day; pro tip, it is already basically called that.
And rename Veterans Day WWI Victory Day; pro tip, it used to be basically called that.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5279160-trump-vets-day-world-war/
I don’t like the idea of celebrating wars, so hard pass for me.
I think it is celebrating the victories, not the wars. Remember, we did not start either one. Trump wants to celebrate the nation’s accomplishments in the face of adversities. War is truly terrible, but losing them is always worse.