Donald Trump Marks Juneteenth By Complaining About Federal Holidays
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Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021.
President Donald Trump hasn’t formally acknowledged Juneteenth, but he did spend time Thursday complaining on social media that Americans have “too many non-working holidays.”
“It is costing our Country $BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to keep all of these businesses closed,” the president wrote on his Truth Social platform on Thursday evening. “The workers don’t want it either! Soon we’ll end up having a holiday for every once [sic] working day of the year. It must change if we are going to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Earlier Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt made it clear Trump has no plans to celebrate the federal holiday.
“I’m not tracking his signature on a proclamation today,” Leavitt said during a press briefing. “I know this is a federal holiday. I want to thank all of you for showing up to work. We are certainly here. We are working 24/7 right now.”
Juneteenth was officially designated a federal holiday in 2021 after a bill to codify the holiday passed both chambers of Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support.
