Trump says he used Columbus Day again. It was never canceled.

President Trump said on Sunday that he would “bring Columbus Day out of the ashes” and to resume his celebration as a vacation.

“I hereby use the Columbus Day under the same rules, data and locations as it did for all the many decades earlier!” The president said in a post about the social truth and referred to the federal vacation named after Christopher Columbus, the Italian explorer who sailed to America more than 500 years ago.

The holiday has long been criticized by those who condemn the discoverer because he paved the way for European colonialism, brought catastrophic diseases and led to the decimation of the indigenous population in America.

But the Columbus Day was never canceled as a federal vacation. The second Monday in October is still called such in the United States, and for many it remains an important part of the Italian American heritage.

With his explanation, Mr. Trump seemed to refer to a proclamation of former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. in 2021. This decree also recognized the day as the day of the indigenous peoples, which were recognized by the indigenous communities that have lived in America for thousands of years and were captured after the Columbus Day.

“The Democrats did everything to destroy Christopher Columbus, his reputation and all Italians who love him so much,” said Mr. Trump on Sunday in his social media contribution.

In 2021, Mr. Biden was the first US President to officially recognize the day of the indigenous peoples, and swore, “to honor the first residents of America and the tribal nations that are still thriving”.

But Mr. Biden did not name the long -term holiday, which is still officially known as Columbus Day. While several states and dozens of cities recognize it as the day of indigenous peoples, it is not regarded as a federal vacation, although occasional efforts were made in the congress to make it.

The explanation of Mr. Biden in 2021 was increased in the middle of the public debate on the deletion of indigenous people at celebrations of Christopher Columbus, whose landing in North America led to the centuries of exploitation and the battles of the American indigenous people. At that time, dozens of Christopher Columbus statues were decreased, many in the middle of the Black Lives Matter protests that followed George Floyd's death in May 2020.