“The victory was mostly accomplished because of us, like it or not,“ Trump said at the White House shortly after issuing a proclamation on the new “Victory Day.”
Trump had announced his intention to rename May 8 earlier this week, noting that unlike much of Europe his country had no day to mark the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945.
“Without us those wars would not have been won,“ he said.
The United States suffered significant losses after joining World War II in 1941, with more than 400,000 service members killed, and played a crucial role in the D-Day landings and defeat of Adolf Hitler.
Britain lost 384,000 soldiers and 70,000 civilians in World War II.
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