Trump Will Make English the Official Language of the United States

President Donald Trump is about to sign an executive order that will proclaim English as the official language of the United States, according to various sources confirmed on Friday morning.

This executive order will revoke a provision issued by former Democratic President Bill Clinton in the year 2000, which required federal agencies and recipients of federal funds to provide language assistance to non-native English speakers.

Throughout the nearly 250 years of the nation's history, the United States has never had an official language. However, all key documents, such as the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, have been written in English.

Despite this, around 180 of the 195 countries in the world have an official language, leaving the United States among the few countries that haven't officialized one. The executive order proposed by Trump will allow federal agencies to decide whether or not to offer services in languages other than English.

Trump had previously suggested the possibility of making English the national language. In 2024, during an intervention at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Trump criticized the immigration policies of Joe Biden's administration, claiming that the languages entering the country are diverse and some of them so unknown that "nobody in the country has ever heard" of them.

According to the newly elected leader, this situation represents a challenge for education in the country and is "a very serious problem".

The goal of the new executive order is to recognize and celebrate multilingual Americans who have learned English and passed it on to their families.

Additionally, the order seeks to encourage immigrants to achieve the "American dream" through a common language that facilitates integration and progress within American society.

Since Trump resumed the presidency in January, he has signed at least 76 notable executive orders.

Among the actions he has taken, some stand out that aim to rename places in the country to honor national history, such as renaming the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America and restoring the original name to Mount McKinley, the highest peak in the United States located in the Alaska Range, which regained its name, as it was known before Democrat Obama changed its designation.

The executive order that Trump will sign is intended not only to reinforce the use of English but also to promote unity within a diverse country. However, it has caused controversy, as some disparate groups believe it could discourage the preservation of other languages and cultures within the immigrant community in the United States.