President Trump’s executive order puts his “America first” stamp onto the nation’s speech. President Trump’s executive order making English the official language of the United States reached into history to argue its case, noting that the country’s founding documents were written in English.

President Donald Trump designated English the official language in the United States for the first time in its nearly 250-year history. Here’s what that means.

For decades, lawmakers in Congress have introduced legislation to designate English as the official language of the U.S.