As we’ve been reporting, Donald Trump held a Cabinet meeting Thursday where he and his team celebrated and discussed the Israel-Hamas peace deal and the imminent return of the hostages, the rise in military recruitment, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s heartless gloating over the Schumer Shutdown.

But the president started off the meeting by proclaiming a special day on October 13 to celebrate a certain explorer that the left has been trying to villainize and cancel for years: Christopher Columbus. He was a hero, Trump declared:

The proclamation calls for Oct. 13 to be observed as Columbus Day, despite ongoing efforts in several states and cities to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day and not the man credited for centuries of having discovered America.

“Columbus Day — we’re back, Italians,” Trump declared after signing the proclamation. 

“We love the Italians,” the president added. 

The proclamation said, “Our Nation will now abide by a simple truth: Christopher Columbus was a true American hero, and every citizen is eternally indebted to his relentless determination.”

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Woke is DEAD. Columbus Day is BACK.

"In other words, we're calling it Columbus Day." -@POTUSpic.twitter.com/nekP7Od6Mx

— GOP (@GOP) October 9, 2025

One of the favorite pastimes of the modern left is to attempt to rewrite the nation’s history by tearing down statues, renaming military bases, removing portraits, and cancelling historical figures they don’t like—even if the figures in question lived in entirely different eras with completely different knowledge sets and mores. Trump’s proclamation said, enough already:

“Outrageously, in recent years, Christopher Columbus has been a prime target of a vicious and merciless campaign to erase our history, slander our heroes, and attack our heritage,” Trump’s proclamation reads. “Before our very eyes, left-wing radicals toppled his statues, vandalized his monuments, tarnished his character, and sought to exile him from our public spaces.”

“Under my leadership, those days are finally over — and our Nation will now abide by a simple truth:  Christopher Columbus was a true American hero, and every citizen is eternally indebted to his relentless determination.”

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Former President Joe Biden, in contrast, was clearly indignant that Columbus would dare sail the world and encounter unknown situations. Each year of his presidency, Ole Joe issued proclamations naming Indigenous Peoples' Day on the same date as Columbus Day. Although Columbus Day is still a federal holiday—President Franklin Delano Roosevelt designated it so in 1934, the effort to denigrate and erase the Genoese explorer has had some success:

Around 30 states and Washington, D.C. do not celebrate Columbus Day, according to Renamecolumbusday.org. Around 221 cities have renamed it or replaced it with Indigenous Peoples' Day. Some states recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day through a proclamation, while others treat it as an official holiday.

As my colleague Becca Lower wrote in April, the president had made it his mission to end the “slander” of the legendary explorer:

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— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) April 27, 2025

See: Leftists Will Be Triggered by Trump Saying He Is Bringing Back a Cherished US Holiday

It’s one thing to celebrate indigenous people and their history and culture, but it’s another to try to put the blame of all the wars and conflicts between settlers and Native Americans at the feet of Christopher Columbus. His daring exploits occurred 533 years ago, and yet many would blame him for anything difficult that's happened since then and would prefer his name were never mentioned again.

Trump just officially put an end to that nonsense, at least for now.

Editor’s Note: The Schumer Shutdown is here. Rather than put the American people first, Chuck Schumer and the radical Democrats forced a government shutdown for healthcare for illegals. They own this.

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