Republican proposes making Trump’s birthday a public holiday

<p>Claudia Tenney’s bill combining Flag Day with Trump’s birthday could face steep odds of success in Congress</p><p>A Republican congresswoman has proposed making <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a>’s birthday a public holiday, in an effort probably doomed to failure in Congress but obviously intended to curry favor with the president.</p><p>Claudia Tenney, a representative from New York’s Finger Lakes region, introduced legislation on Friday aiming to combine the US annual commemoration of Flag Day with a new observance of Trump’s birthday on 14 June, arguing that the president is “the most consequential … in modern American history”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/18/trump-birthday-holiday-republican-bill">Continue reading...</a>