Trump signs order making English official language of United States
United States President Donald Trump is planning to sign an executive order on Friday to make English the country’s official language for the first time in history, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
The United States never had an official language at the federal level, even though English is mainly used, with documents sometimes translated into other languages.
However, Mr Trump has now taken a historic decision to make English the official language of communication at the federal level by signing the latest order.
He had hinted on the move during a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) during his campaign trail last year, where he decried too many languages coming into the United States.
“We have languages coming into our country,” Mr Trump said at CPAC. “These are languages — it’s the craziest thing — they have languages that nobody in this country has ever heard of. It’s a very horrible thing.”
Mr Trump’s decision is a huge victory for Republicans on Capitol Hill after political party members of Congress’ previous failures to successfully pass legislation declaring English the official language.
Many states have designated English as their official language.
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