US EditionPresident Trump lays wreath, gives remarks at Arlington National Cemetery for Veterans Day
- On Tuesday, November 11, 2025, President Donald Trump laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery and delivered remarks honoring American veterans.
- The president issued a proclamation declaring November 11, 2025, as Veterans Day and tied it to the 107th anniversary of World War I's end, honoring over 320,000 casualties.
- At the ceremony, Trump praised Cabinet secretaries in attendance and thanked Veterans Administration Secretary Doug Collins, while referring to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as `Secretary of War`.
- Immediate reaction on social media included outrage from online critics and journalists who said Trump glorified war, while administration officials like Vice President JD Vance and Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, posted Veterans Day tributes.
- Officials pointed to veterans reforms including 16 new veteran health clinics, a more than 37 percent VA backlog reduction this year, and an Executive Order for the National Center for Warrior Independence housing up to 6,000 veterans by 2028.
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President Trump honors Gaylord resident Major Jon Turnbull on Veteran's Day - The Midwesterner
President Donald Trump on Tuesday called out Michigan native Major Jonathan Turnbull during a Veterans Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery. “One of the heroes who reminds us of why we fight for those who served in uniform is Army Major West Point grad Jonathan Turnbull,” Trump said. “In 2019, Jonathan was conducting an operation in Syria when a suicide bomber approached and detonated his vest, leaving Jonathan gravely wounded, so so badly …
Trump Declares Veterans Day “Victory Day for World War I”
Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Veterans Day will now also be recognized as “Victory Day for World War I,” honoring the United States’ role in Germany’s surrender on November 11, 1918. During a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Trump declared, according to the New York Post, “Today is not only Veterans Day, but it’s my proclamation that we are now going to be saying and calling [it] Victory Da…
Trump wants to rename "Veterans Day" as "Victory Day" – for US victory in World War I.
US President Donald Trump has unnamed the "Veteran's Day" to "Victory Day". In his speech at the National Cemetery in Arlington, he took up the celebrations of the other allies.
Trump takes victory lap in Veterans Day speech
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the apparent near end of the nation’s longest government shutdown amounted to a “very big victory” for Republicans during a Veterans Day speech that mixed the traditional solemnity of the day with a string of bare-knuckle political arguments. With Arlington National Cemetery as the backdrop, Trump also celebrated his efforts to remake the armed services into a “Department of War” more …
Donald Trump used his speech at a memorial ceremony for fallen soldiers at the Arlington National Cemetery to announce the end of political correctness. At the same time, he calls for a drastic change of name.
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