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.

  • @[email protected]
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    Trump’s greatest accomplishment, surpassing the DuoLingo owl in being the most annoying thing to make me want to learn Spanish. Pendejo.

  • @DarkFuture
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    102 hours ago

    Glad this dipshit is focusing on the important things.

    I was really getting concerned about the Gulf of Mexico being named the Gulf of Mexico. And the 10 trans people that serve in the military. Those things were really weighing on my mind.

  • @andrewta
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    So the founding fathers chose to NOT have an official language, and orange muffin boy thinks he’s smarter then the founding fathers?

    What an idiot

    • @[email protected]
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      Maybe don’t put slavers and murderers in a pedestal to behind with? Actually, never mind, I’m sure your founding fathers would be proud of Trump.

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        Sure they were products of the time period. You had to own land at least to have any kind of power back in the day. They were not perfect but they did have a vision of a government that could work without traditional kings.

        They would be pissed about Trump trying to overrun the other branches. I’n the end, they wouldn’t give a fuck about slaves. As long as their land was worked and they survived. They wouldn’t have cared.

  • @MeekerThanBeaker
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    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.

    • @[email protected]
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      74 hours ago

      Please no one show Trump this joke… after the Gulf of America shit I’m half convinced he’d actually do it.

    • @kmartburrito
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      King Krasnov’s English, to ensure it’s differentiated from Queen’s English our friends speak across the pond.

    • @coyootje
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      Yeah it’s kinda surprising actually, saying that the official language is Murican is way more up his alley.

  • @[email protected]
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    265 hours ago

    This has no practical effect other than virtue signaling to xenophobic racists. It’s called a dog-whistle.

  • @SpaceNoodle
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    … creates a pathway for civic engagement

    Literally the opposite. Love the doublespeak.

  • AmDread
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    84 hours ago

    Another week of signing delusional royal decrees that may or may not stand up in court. Now off to the golf course to abuse our land in a more physical way.

  • @apfelwoiSchoppen
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    If there is a white supremacy angle, they’re obviously taking it.

      • @ZagamTheVile
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        First letter to the back. Then add ay.

        I. Iay.

        Smell. Mellsay.

        Cookies. Ookiescay.

        • @SpaceNoodle
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          “Smell” would be “ellsmay,” as the first consonant group is what’s moved.

          • @ZagamTheVile
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            Ah. Yes, thinking about it like you say it makes way more sense. Thanks.

          • AmidFuror
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            And that is how Pig Latin dialects were born. Pretty soon the Piggie tribes will be at war with each other.

  • @[email protected]
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    85 hours ago

    Of course, English, so you mean it as the brits speak it right? I expect it to be spoken proper.

  • paraphrand
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    44 hours ago

    He can barely speak it

    • Drusas
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      It’s nice that he has poor English ability and more that he has dementia.