President Donald Trump announced this week his intention to rebrand two major U.S. holidays, proposing that Veterans Day on November 11 be renamed “Victory Day for World War I” and that May 8, widely recognized as V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day), be designated as “Victory Day for World War II.”

“We won both wars, nobody was close to us in terms of strength, bravery, or military brilliance, but we never celebrate anything,” Trump wrote in the late night statement. “That’s because we don’t have leaders anymore, that know how to do so! We are going to start celebrating our victories again!”

Trump’s plan would put 87 years of precedent recognizing November 11 as Veterans Day, a holiday that honors all U.S. military veterans in a shadow. Originally established as Armistice Day to mark the end of World War I, the holiday was renamed Veterans Day in 1954 to honor veterans of all wars. The president also suggested that May 8, the date of Germany’s surrender in 1945, should become a federal holiday to commemorate the Allied victory in Europe during World War II, aligning the U.S. with European nations that observe V-E Day.

The White House quickly clarified that Trump’s proclamation would not replace Veterans Day but would serve as an additional observance. “We are not renaming Veteran’s Day,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told ABC News. “It will just be an additional proclamation that goes out on that day.”

The authority to create or modify federal holidays rests with Congress, not the president, and it remains unclear whether May 8 will be formally established as a new federal holiday.