FACT CHECK: Has Trump Sug­gest­ed Replac­ing LGBTQ+ Pride Month With Vet­er­ans Month?

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FACT CHECK: Has Trump Suggested Replacing LGBTQ+ Pride Month With Veterans Month?

A viral post shared on Face­book claims Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump has pur­port­ed­ly sug­gest­ed replac­ing LGBTQ+ Pride Month with Vet­er­ans Month.

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Ver­dict: False

Trump has not ref­er­enced the claim on any of his social media accounts, includ­ing his per­son­al and gov­ern­ment X accounts, and there is no oth­er evi­dence to sup­port the claim.

Fact Check:

The White House has report­ed­ly fired at least three Nation­al Secu­ri­ty Coun­cil staffers fol­low­ing a meet­ing between Trump and Lau­ra Loomer, accord­ing to CNN. Loomer urged Trump to fire the staffers, claim­ing they were being “dis­loy­al,” the out­let report­ed.

The Face­book post, which has received over 100,000 likes as of writ­ing, claims Trump has pur­port­ed­ly sug­gest­ed replac­ing LGBTQ+ Pride Month with Vet­er­ans Month. “Don­ald Trump just sug­gest­ed replac­ing pride month with vet­er­ans month in hon­or of those who served. What do you think?” the post, which does not pro­vide a source to sup­port its claim, reads.

The claim is false. Trump has not ref­er­enced the claim on his per­son­al or gov­ern­ment X accounts, his TRUTH Social account, or his ver­i­fied social media accounts. Like­wise, the claim does not appear on the White House’s web­site or its ver­i­fied social media accounts. Check Your Fact also did not find any exec­u­tive orders match­ing the claim.

In addi­tion, Check Your Fact did not find any cred­i­ble news reports to sup­port the claim. If Trump had tru­ly sug­gest­ed replac­ing LGBTQ+ Pride Month with Vet­er­ans Month, then mul­ti­ple media out­lets would’ve cov­ered it, yet none have. Actu­al­ly, the oppo­site is true. On April 2, Poli­ti­Fact debunked the claim.

Accord­ing to the out­let, Trump declared Novem­ber “Vet­er­ans and Fam­i­lies Month” dur­ing his first term as pres­i­dent. LGBTQ+ Pride Month, on the oth­er hand, is typ­i­cal­ly cel­e­brat­ed in June. (RELATED: Has R. Kel­ly Been Released From Prison After Being Par­doned By Trump?)

Check Your Fact has con­tact­ed the White House for com­ment.