President Trump issued a proclamation Wednesday designating May 8 as a day to celebrate the victory of World War II.

The proclamation said May 8 will now be known as Victory Day for World War II. It will be the 80th anniversary of the victory.

“All over the globe, our World War II allies are celebrating this week, but the United States has never joined in with the proper celebration of our own, and the victory was mostly accomplished because of us,” he said in the Oval Office.

“Whether you like it or not, we came into that war and we won that war and we had a lot of help from a lot of great people, a lot of great allies,” he said. “But I think there would be nobody that would say we were not the dominant force in that war. And we don’t celebrate it.”

He said it’s a “great disservice to the people that lost their lives and people that fought so hard.”

On Monday, he declared that May 8 would be a national holiday, along with Nov. 11 for the victory of World War I.

“We won two World Wars, but we never took credit for it — Everyone else does!” Mr. Trump wrote on social media. “All over the World, the Allies are celebrating the Victory we had in World War II. The only Country that doesn’t celebrate is the United States of America, and the Victory was only accomplished because of us.”

“Therefore, I am hereby declaring a National Holiday in celebration of the Victories of World War I, where the Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918, and World War II, where the Victory date was May 8, 1945.”

He noted that the country would “not be closing” for the two days.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt clarified over the weekend that Nov. 11, which is already recognized as Veterans Day, will not be renamed, but an additional proclamation will be sent out that day.

• Mallory Wilson can be reached at mwilson@washingtontimes.com.