Elon Musk's 'Yes' to Donald Trump's 'English order' aimed to unite the country

Tesla CEO Elon Musk supports US President Donald Trump’s move to make English the national language. Even before Trump signed an executive order to designate English as the national language of the US, Musk, who is also a member of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), praised his move. Replying to a report of the signing of this executive order on social media platform X (earlier Twitter), which Trump claims will unite the country shaped by immigration, Musk said “Yes”.

Musk said this while commenting on an X post which read: “This is long overdue. Our founding documents are written in English. Language unites us. If you immigrate to the United States, you must assimilate to us, not the other way. ‘We have room for but one language in this country, and that is the English language - Teddy Roosevelt’”

In the recently published executive order, Trump noted that it was "long past time" for the country to formally adopt English as its official language.
"A nationally designated language is at the core of a unified and cohesive society, and the United States is strengthened by a citizenry that can freely exchange ideas in one shared language," Trump’s executive order read.
The new rule revokes a law from the 1990s made by President Bill Clinton, which required federal agencies and groups that get government funds to help people who don't speak English. Now, agencies can decide for themselves how much help in other languages they want to provide.
"Nothing in this order... requires or directs any change in the services provided by any agency," the document read. The order also added that department heads will be able to determine what is necessary "to fulfil their respective agencies' mission and efficiently provide Government services to the American people."
As seen in key documents like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, while over 350 languages are spoken in the US, English has been the main language since the country’s founding, the White House highlighted.
In 2019, nearly 68 million Americans spoke a language other than English at home, with Spanish being the most common among them, alongside languages like Chinese, Vietnamese, and various Native American tongues.