Trump issues proclamation declaring Sept 2, 2019, as Labor Day. I shit you not.

[Miles Archer]

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 2, 2019, as Labor Day. I call upon all public officials and people of the United States to observe this day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities that honor the contributions and resilience of working Americans.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand nineteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fourth.

DONALD J. TRUMP

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-proclamation-on-labor-day-2019/

[Tripper11]

1. please tell me this is the onion

I see the url and all...but I mean why the fuck not!?!?

[virgogal]

27. It's threads like this that make DU seem idiotic.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. As we all labor to cope with his idiocy

[Drunken Irishman]

4. This is normal. Obama said it too.

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/09/02/presidential-proclamation-labor-day-2016

It's a proclamation.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 5, 2016, as Labor Day. I call upon all public officials and people of the United States to observe this day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities that honor the contributions and resilience of working Americans.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this second day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand sixteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-first.

[backtoblue]

15. Thanks nt

[TheBlackAdder]

23. Is that the same verbage as prior presidental proclamations or did Trump plagiarize Obama's words?

[Drunken Irishman]

24. Yes. It's generic verbiage for any proclamation.

Here's one from Bush declaring September National Hispanic Heritage Month:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 15 through October 15, 2006, as National Hispanic Heritage Month. I call upon public officials, educators, librarians, and all the people of the United States to observe this month with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-first.

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Proclamation_8049

[Brainfodder]

5. No need to add fuel to the drumpster fire?

He is doing a swell job of that on his own, daily?

[brush]

6. I've been around for a while and never knew the president to make a proclamation about Labor Day...

every year. Is this normal as the deleted post seemed to be saying?

I've always thought Labor Day was declared decades ago as happening in the first week of Sept.

[Drunken Irishman]

7. Yes. See my post above.

[smirkymonkey]

8. Who's going to be the first one to tell him?

[Brother Buzz]

10. Forget it, he's rolling.

[onenote]

17. Who is going to be the first one to tell the OP that there is nothing odd about this?

[Newest Reality]

9. Yeah, but

Now he has "proclamations" on his teeny little mind-boil and that might swirl the detritus around in there and start dredging up ideas about Monarchs and such and the hereby proclaim could be the end of us all

Yikes!

[global1]

11. Women All Over The U.S. Are Going Into Labor Because Of Trump's Proclamation.....nt

[KPN]

12. He ius also responsible for Veterans Day, Independence Day and Christmas. Didn't you

know that?

VOMIT .......

[Vinca]

13. Anything for a menu signing ceremony. What a fucking fool.

[virgogal]

26. All presidents do it,who's the fool?

[Vinca]

29. What a relief - someone to defend Donald Trump. He's so abused here on DU.

[virgogal]

30. Not a defense of Trump,but facts matter.

[enough]

14. Why not? September 2 is Labor Day this year. NT

[onenote]

16. This is the norm. Obama issued Labor Day proclamations every year of his presidency.

Trump does a lot of weird shit. But anyone thinking this is one those things will end up with egg on their face.

[UniteFightBack]

18. Actually this is what I thought right away. I bet every President does this. nt

[smirkymonkey]

20. Why does it need to be proclaimed every year?

I thought it was a set holiday. Not challenging you, just curious as to why the annual ritual?

[onenote]

25. In some cases there are specific legal provisions, other instances its tradition

You might be shocked at the number of presidential proclamations issued in a given year, and the subject matter of those proclamations.

In some instances, federal law (5 USC 101-145) "requests" that the president issue an annual proclamation declaring a particular day, week, or month as "X" day, week or month. The listed subjects of such proclamations include those that are not federal holidays (such as mothers day and fathers day) as well as a few that are federal holidays (such as Columbus Day, Veterans Day, and Memorial Day). Other days, recognized in 5 USC 6103 as federal government holidays include some that are traditionally the subject of presidential proclamations (such as Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day) as well as some that are not typically the subject of proclamations (New Year's Day, Christmas Day).

Whatever the reason, Trump's proclamation was not out of the ordinary, despite what some of the posts in this thread appear to assume.

[smirkymonkey]

28. Well, I guess I learned something new. Thanks for explaining that.

However, you can't blame people for thinking he's an idiot in this particular case because almost everything he does is stupid, cruel, poorly thought out or just flat out wrong.

[mercuryblues]

19. I now have a new saying

You ain't just dumb, you're trump dumb.

[Codeine]

21. Holiday proclamations are entirely normal.

All presidents do this; I think for certain US Code holidays they’re even required to do so.

Non-story.

[manhattan123]

22. Presidents also routinely issue proclamations on Thanskgiving...

For all his many many many faults, this is just a tradition.