Administration said ‘awareness is not a strategy’, but here is a short list of orders the president has signed to do just that
For the first time since 1988 the US government said it will no longer commemorate World Aids Day, which honors those who have lost their lives to the disease, celebrates efforts to combat the epidemic and raises awareness.
“An awareness day is not a strategy,” a state department spokesperson, Tommy Pigott, told the New York Times.
However, since returning to office Donald Trump has signed multiple proclamations for awareness days – and awareness weeks and awareness months – on topics that are apparently more to his liking. They include:
Trump proclaimed the week of 2–8 November one of observance as a “solemn remembrance of the devastation caused by one of history’s most destructive ideologies” and a renewal of the national promise to stand firm against communism. The proclamation coincided with the election of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City, whom Trump painted as a “communist lunatic”.
