US President Donald Trump is waiting to welcome British Prime Minister Keir Starrer at the entrance to the west wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 27, 2025.
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Saturday that made English the official language of the United States.
The order would build a national language for the first time in US history.
Trump's command would also provide for the guideline of former President Bill Clinton in August 2000, which would require agencies and other recipients of federal funds for the provision of services for those with limited English skills, as can be seen from a fact sheet shared with CNBC.
The designation of Trump enables federal authorities to maintain their current guidelines and continue to provide documents and services in other languages. It “encourages new Americans to take over a national language that opens doors for greater chances,” said the Fact Sheet.
The Wall Street Journal first reported on Friday morning on Friday morning.
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More than half of the US states have officially established English as official language. But the federal government has never done the same thing.
According to the US Census Bureau, about 1 out of 5 Americans – almost 68 million – spoke a different language at home in 2019. This number was almost triple where it was in 1980.
The fact that the Weißen House facts asserts that a national language “strengthens the structure of our society” by promoting unity and civic engagement and determining “efficiency of government operations”.
Trump has inspired unfounded fears of and documented immigrants among the voters for a large part of his political career. But during his 2024 presidential campaign, he received languages as a sign of what he claimed to have the immigration run Amok.
“We have languages in our country … of which nobody ever heard in this country,” he said during a speech at the conservative political action conference.
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