In yet another reversal from his predecessor, President Donald Trump has announced that his White House will seemingly not recognize Indigenous Peoples Day , an alternative or addition to Columbus Day that honors the original inhabitants of the Americas and their descendants. Instead, Trump will focus on Columbus Day and its namesake explorer despite the dark history and legacy of Christopher Columbus. Trump announces that he’s ‘bringing Columbus Day back’ Trump recently took to social media to proclaim, “I’m bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes.” Falsely claiming, “The Democrats did everything possible to destroy Christopher Columbus, his reputation, and all of the Italians that love him so much,” Trump went on to announce that he was “reinstating Columbus Day under the same rules, dates, and locations, as it has had for all of the many decades before!” The White House retweeted Trump’s message, declaring, “Christopher Columbus is so back.” Christopher Columbus is so back. 👏...