Eighty years after the end of the deadliest war in human history, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that it’s long past time for the United States to celebrate its victory in World War II.
Trump signed a proclamation in the Oval Office, officially recognizing May 8 as “Victory Day for World War II.” The president said that he wants the United States to join Europe, which recognizes “Victory in Europe Day” on May 8, in celebrating the end of the war.
“All over the globe, our World War II allies are celebrating this week, but the United States has never joined in with the proper celebration of our own,” Trump said. “And the victory was mostly accomplished because of us, whether you like it or not. We came into that war and we won that war, and we had a lot of help from a lot of people, a lot of great allies, but I think there would be nobody that would say we were…
