‘Never again means now’: Trump issues Holocaust day statement, lamenting post-Oct. 7 antisemitism spike

US President Donald Trump has issued a proclamation for Holocaust Remembrance Day marked today in Israel, declaring that “never again means now.”

“We honor the blessed memories of the six million Jewish men, women, and children who were viciously slaughtered by the genocidal Nazi regime and their collaborators — one of the bleakest hours in human history,” the statement says. We also remember the Roma and Sinti, peoples of Slavic and Polish ancestry, persons with disabilities, Soviet prisoners of war, Jehovah’s Witnesses, persons targeted based on their sexual orientation, and countless other innocent victims of this tragedy.”

“The price to humanity of the lives lost during the Shoah can never be fully grasped or understood. Yet, even in the wake of the Holocaust, a self-determined Jewish homeland rose from the ashes as the modern State of Israel,” it continues.

“Sadly, our Nation has borne witness to the worst outbreak of anti-Semitism on American soil in generations. Nearly every day following the deadly October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, Jewish Americans were threatened on our streets and in our public square — a reminder that the poison of anti-Semitism tragically still exists. For that reason, my Administration is proudly upholding the basic truth that anti-Semitism has no place in a civilized society,” Trump adds, detailing steps he has taken, including working to deport foreign students accused of leading such sentiment.

“We are also steadfastly committed to investigating and swiftly punishing all anti-Semitic discrimination in leftist, anti-American colleges and universities,” he says, referring to anti-Israel protests in Ivy League universities that have sometimes featured antisemitism and support for terror.

“During these Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust, we reflect upon the dark affront to human dignity posed by Nazis. We cherish the eternal memories of all those whose lives were lost to the deadly scourge of anti-Semitism. Above all, we vow to never forget the atrocities of the Holocaust. We declare that never again means now.”