Trump To Sign Order Declaring English The Official Language Of The United States

That'll bring down the price of eggs!

Good.

It’s a white supremacy thing. You wouldn’t understand

We do understand R3. And we understand what's behind it and the message it is designed to send.

I guess they're gonna need to swap out those Spanish street signs in Florida . . .

Why is there even a necessity for an official language? We’ve been fine without one for 250 years

Risky for him - he can barely string a coherent sentence together in English.

Not Russian? So much for my Cyrillic lessons.

It doesn't speak good English

The official language will be remedial English.

If the declaration were for making correct English our official language, then I'd be for it.

good

Has Hilaria Baldwin commented?

Language bonds. That’s why countries have them. The US should have done this a long time ago.

Heinous

MAGA is unable to pass an English exam.

R16 The Dem's most loyal voting block would do even worse...

Puerto Rico gets paper towels.

English is the official language in 30 states. I'd be OK with English and Spanish being officially recognized. We live in a largely bilingual hemisphere. It is not White supremacy because tens of millions of Americans of all races speak only English.

I'm done with the fetish we have with immigrants. We're supposed to act like they are doing us a favor and we must bend over backwards to placate them. Immigrants in NYS state know the law, thanks to Cuomo, and they fucking demand interpreters in their own fucking language and dialect, no matter how obscure and even when they speak English reasonably. It cost tens of millions of dollars. Hey, your not speaking English is not my fucking problem.

Please ignore Trump's distractions and focus on the serious stuff.

^^^reasonably well.

[quote]That'll bring down the price of eggs!

R1. We have to stop bitching about the price of eggs and bitch about groceries in general along with everything else. Regarding the price of eggs, the bird flu will eventually end in a matter of time. There will eventually be more chickens laying eggs, and by the simple law of supply and demand, the price of eggs will come down. And then Trump will claim credit for lowering the price of eggs when he in fact had nothing to do with it.

The criticism of Trump needs to be about the price of all groceries, housing costs, insurance costs, inflations in general. These are all the things Trump said he would focus on or solve on Day One. He hasn't done any of it. Don't give Trump an "out" if the price of eggs drop, which they will when the bird flu subsides.

Deese. Dems and does. Serious offenses

R10 he’s always disgusting looking but that picture is especially heinous. Looks like an orange lizard.

¡Chinga Donald Trump y todos sus aduladores MAGA!

What happens to Hawaiians & their language?

Language restrictionism doesn't work. Just ask General Franco.

I've avoided looking at him for a couple of months now, but the picture at R10 makes me ponder something once again - considering his massive vanity, does he avoid all mirrors or does he look in the mirror and see something that nobody else does?

Well lookie here, Canada has two official languages.

We'll get abolish this racism and outrageousness after we invade them!

Does this mean Melania is going to have to learn English to stay in this country ?

The whole country ignoranter and ignoranter by the day

If I were president, I'd make Spanish mandatory from kindergarten through HS and I'd offer Zelensky a Monica Lewinsky...an Oval Office blowjob.

I'm just waiting for them to ban the sign language for "being DEI."

[quote] I'd be OK with English and Spanish being officially recognized.

Absolutely not. Spanish is not the official language.

Immigrants need to assimilate. That’s where English comes in. It’s the easiest way to do it.

Sometime in the 90s, I remember a commentator saying that there was a subsection of Americans who were bitter about pressing 1 for English, who were never going to get over it. He was right.

Sundowning... Wants to 'pardon' Pete Rose- but for what? And Turd has no power over the Hall Of Fame.

Maybe he meant 'Rose Garden'?

Meaningless, performative horseshit, but it'll make his base feel better about losing their Medicaid.

Immigrants DO assimilate. Within a generation, everyone knows English.

And why does “assimilate” in your definition mean knowing English perfectly? Must everyone act like a WASP to be considered American?

[Quote] Absolutely not. Spanish is not the official language

Nor is English

Puerto Ricans can barely speak Spanish. That’s an inside joke amongst Latinos.

So don't worry about them OP.

R3 What is the 400-year native Black American language if English is just white supremacy?

When it is signed, I'll learn how to say in Mandarin and Cantonese: Your not speaking English is not my problemo.

I fucking hate entitled immigrants.

R43 ok Pocahontas

So ... what will be the effect of this? Federal forms will only be printed in English? Anything else?

Immigrants will get the message that we're not kissing their ass.

You are such a kind and gentle person, r48.

^^^and you're a bit dumb.

- The Real R48

Not that they would ever leave the USA, but I’m sure that if they did, R43 and R46 would expect everyone to speak to them in English.

[quote] I'd be OK with English and Spanish being officially recognized.

Only around 13% of Americans speak mainly Spanish.

Four words that have triggered MAGA for years: "Para Espanol, oprima dos."

Countries should have an official language policy.

I took Spanish classes before I vacationed in Mexico so I could speak the language as a tourist. It's respectful. I did the same with Italy and France. I learned enough to get by. And it was appreciated by some of the locals I met. I see nothing wrong with people that want to become Americans having to speak English.

R53 Bless your heart.

You know, Dump’s exchange with Macron made me wonder—who is the last US president who could speak multiple languages. Most European leaders are multilingual. Jimmy Carter was bilingual, having been fluent in Spanish right?

Isn't a declaration of official language of a country not something the president can make with a presidential order? Doesn't it take Congress to make it a law?

What are they going to do about whatever that language is Melania Trump speaks?

Anybody seen her since Inauguration Day?

This means bilingual official translations can be avoided from now on. Which is stupid

R50, I didn't know that. I live in NYC. My experience is quiet skewed.

[quote] What are they going to do about whatever that language is Melania Trump speaks?

She speaks a universal language: the language of love. Paid one, of course.

R53 This is a response to the Democrats who are anti-American and anti-patriotic.

That’s the biggest issue with the Democratic Party. Latinx, “illegals boost the economy”, Pro-Palestine, Pro-Ukraine, burn the American flag, move to Canada, leave the USA Democrats who are outraged that English is going to be recognized as the official language. Someone here called it white supremacy.

Which is ironic cause Spanish is a colonized language in Central and South America.

“Pro-Ukraine”? Boris, tell your bots to try harder.

Oh stewardess, I speak White Trash.

[Quote] What is the 400-year native Black American language if English is just white supremacy?

Trump is doing everything that pushes white supremacy. Making English the official language is just the next step

It’s an Executive Order, which only means the Executive Branch will only publish guidances and announcements in English. It used to publish in many languages because Americans speak many languages. Even an immigrant who knows English will understand government reports better in their native language.

I’m sure MAGA will threaten private businesses from following the order also

The Project 2025 is basically a fever dream wish list of the racist Christo-fascists. They basically want WASPs and Christian zealots in charge of the government and their plan is to replace the US constitution with new exclusionary laws. And the Federalist Society supremes will decide it is all the new law.

R64, that's a ridiculous comment. About 240 million Americans speak only English, that includes tens of millions of people of color.

As long as it would be a federal crime when people pronounce often with a t.

Being that Columbus discovered America the official language should be Italian. The Florentine dialect.

Oh I think Columbus was from Genoa. Therefore it should be the genovese dialect..

Columbus never set foot on mainland North America.

[Quote] that's a ridiculous comment. About 240 million Americans speak only English, that includes tens of millions of people of color.

That leaves over 100 million who don’t speak English as a first language. Trump is doing this specifically to spite brown people.

Trump’s white supremacy agenda marches forward

Apparently having official communications in different language is WOKE! DEI ! CRT!

America doesn’t need an official language, We’ve been doing fine without out.

Trump did this because he hates immigrants and so do his MAGA shit

Wasn’t it already?

He can barely speak English.

Having an official language will solve zero problems. But the maga dumbasses purify this post will take it as a win. Hint. During the 60's all the way up until the early 2000's. When the average person could afford rent, a mortgage, a car and health insurance. We had no official language.

Paper towels for Puerto Rico!

R76, may I introduce R7?

Wrong again, R72, according to the US Census, only 8% of the people in the US cannot speak English "very well". That's about only 27 million. You didn't take into account those who are bilingual.