Appeals to Trump to make the official language of the USA "American" and not English

(Patria) - As the 250th birthday of the United States of America approaches, President Donald Trump is being encouraged to change the name of the nation's language, Fox News reported.

Writer Rob Lockwood, a former advisor to Doug Burgum, joined "Fox & Friends" on Saturday to discuss his Washington Post article calling for the United States to adopt its own language.

"Enough English. Enough American English. Let's call it what it is – American," Lockwood said.

He stated that Trump has the ability to distance the United States from the King's English, arguing that although the United States separated from the United Kingdom two and a half centuries ago, its language remains tied to the past.

Lockwood called the current name of the language a "relic of a regime" and said that anniversaries are temporary compared to this kind of lasting change.

"If there was ever a time to take a stand for America and for speaking American, it's the 250th anniversary of freedom," Lockwood emphasized.

He underlined that America has developed its own version of the language and called it a "dominant evolution" that should be formally recognized.

Lockwood also said that changing the name of the national language is not a new idea, adding that figures like Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Noah Webster, the father of the Webster dictionary, have discussed the concept.

Trump has not shied away from changing the country's language during his second term. In March of last year, he signed an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States of America.

"Our nation's founding documents, including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, were all written in English. Therefore, it is high time that English be declared the official language of the United States," the White House wrote at the time.

The administration stated that the change was intended to unite the country and followed other rebranding efforts, including renaming the Gulf of Mexico to "American Gulf" in January 2025.

Lockwood said the change might seem small, but it could last for generations.

"A language change is permanent. It's something that will be with us for the rest of our lives," he concluded.