US President Donald Trump is waiting to greet British Prime Minister Stage, Kiel, on February 27, 2025 at the entrance to the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC.
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President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an executive order that English is the official US language.
This order will establish the Japanese language for the first time in US history.
Trump’s orders will also retract former President Bill Clinton August 2000 Order According to a fact sheet shared with CNBC, it requires federal funding agents and other recipients to serve people with limited English proficiency.
Trump’s designation allows federal agencies to maintain current policies and continue to provide documents and services in other languages. But it “encourages new Americans to adopt Japanese language that opens doors to greater opportunities,” according to the fact sheet.
Wall Street Journal First It has been reported Ordered early on a Friday morning.
More than half of US states have officially established English as their official language. But the federal government has never done the same.
About one in five Americans (nearly 68 million) spoke languages other than English at home in 2019. US Census Bureau. That number was almost triple the number that stood in 1980.
The White House fact sheet argues that having a Japanese language “strengthens the structure of our society” by promoting unity and citizen engagement and establishing “efficient government operations.”
For most of his political career, Trump has sparked unfounded fear among voters about undocumented immigration. However, during his 2024 presidential election, he It’s zero in language The immigration was amok as a sign of what he claimed.
“Language comes to our country…no one in this country has heard of it,” he said in a speech at a conservative political action conference.
