Trump Issues Lunar New Year Message Marking the Year of the Horse
On February 17, 2026, President Donald Trump issued a Lunar New Year message sending his best wishes to the millions of people of Asian heritage in the United States and around the world observing Lunar New Year and celebrating the Year of the Horse. The White House published the full text of the message.
In the message, Trump said Lunar New Year is an ancient holiday marked by thanksgiving and joy, a time to acknowledge the blessings of family and friends, reflect on the accomplishments and challenges of the past year, and plan for the future with anticipation and renewed hope. Around the globe, he said, Lunar New Year is ushered in with spectacular fireworks displays, festivals, traditional music, feasts, and gatherings, which strengthen community and family bonds. It is also a fitting time, he said, to recognize the contributions of many legendary Asian Americans to America's culture, prosperity, and way of life.
Tradition holds, the message said, that the horse represents momentum, vitality, passion, freedom, and adventure, traits that the nation has embodied for 250 glorious years of American independence. On this Lunar New Year, he said, Americans celebrate these enduring virtues and carry them forward in continuing to build upon America's Golden Age.
As family, friends, and communities gathered to welcome the start of Lunar New Year, the President said he and the First Lady joined in wishing everyone a year filled with health, happiness, good fortune, and peace, closing with 'Happy New Year!'
Source: The White House
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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