President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Friday designating English as the official language of the United States, according to the White House.
The order will allow government agencies and organizations that receive federal funding to choose whether to continue to offer documents and services in language other than English, according to a fact sheet about the impending order.
Designating English as the national language “promotes unity, establishes efficiency in government operations, and creates a pathway for civic engagement,” according to the White House.
Within hours of Trump’s inauguration last month, the new administration took down the Spanish language version of the official White House website.
Hispanic advocacy groups and others expressed confusion and frustration at the change. The White House said at the time it was committed to bringing the Spanish language version of the website back online. As of Friday, it was still not restored.
English? Sounds too foreign to me.
Why not call the official language American?
And even American was from that Italian Amerigo. Why not call the official language Magaian or Trumpish…?
/s … if needed.
Plains sign language, the first language to be a unifying language of differing people in this area.
Or asl which is the only colonial language to be American
King Krasnov’s English, to ensure it’s differentiated from Queen’s English our friends speak across the pond.
Please no one show Trump this joke… after the Gulf of America shit I’m half convinced he’d actually do it.
Excuse me you mean Murican!?
Yeah it’s kinda surprising actually, saying that the official language is Murican is way more up his alley.