President Donald Trump opened a swearing-in ceremony for his new U.S. ambassador to China by noting that World War II allies are spending the week celebrating the war’s end with parades and other festivities but that America “has never joined in with a proper celebration of our own.”
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He said the victory came about because of the U.S.
“We don’t celebrate it, and I think that’s a great disservice,” the Republican president said from the Oval Office.
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Trump issued a proclamation Wednesday designating Thursday as a day to celebrate victory in World War II.
He didn’t elaborate on what he expects people to do to observe the 80th anniversary of the end of that conflict.
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