President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring English as the official language of the United States in effort to ensure a "unified and cohesive society” in a nation that long has prided itself on being the “melting pot of the world.”

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring English as the official language of the United States, saying it will help ensure a "unified and cohesive society” in a nation that has long prided itself on being the “melting pot of the world.”

  • regrub@lemmy.world
    2·
    8 days ago

    The move revokes a mandate from former President Bill Clinton that required government agencies and organizations that received federal funding to provide language assistance to non-English speakers.

    Ah, there it is.

    • papalonian@lemmy.world
      1·
      8 days ago

      Yup. Everyone will treat this like a silly, “wow so dumb and pointless” thing.

      It’s all quite calculated.