When Silence Speaks Louder: The MLK Day Proclamation That Almost Wasn’t
Why Trump Waited Hours to Honor King—and What That Tells Us
Presidents don’t break forty-year traditions by accident. They break them by choice.
On Monday, January 19, 2026—Martin Luther King Jr. Day—President Donald Trump became the first president since Ronald Reagan established the federal holiday in 1983 to go silent. For most of the day, there was no proclamation. No wreath-laying. No speech. No acknowledgme…
