{"id":377,"date":"2025-06-20T12:40:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T12:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=377"},"modified":"2025-06-20T12:40:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T12:40:44","slug":"on-juneteenth-trump-says-the-us-has-too-many-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=377","title":{"rendered":"On Juneteenth, Trump says the US has &#8216;too many&#8217; holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"caas-list caas-list-bullet\">\n<li>Trump criticized the number of American holidays and claimed they cost billions in productivity.<\/li>\n<li>The post was made on Juneteenth, a federal holiday that Trump previously supported.<\/li>\n<li>Joe Biden later said making it a federal holiday was &#8220;one of the proudest moments of my presidency.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Joe Biden has reiterated his support for Juneteenth as a federal holiday, after Donald Trump said America has &#8220;too many&#8221; of them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Too many non-working holidays in America,&#8221; Trump wrote on Truth Social late Thursday. &#8220;It is costing our Country $BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to keep all of these businesses closed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The president said that the frequency of holidays &#8220;must change&#8221; and that workers didn&#8217;t want them, either.<\/p>\n<div class=\"caas-da \">\n<div id=\"sda-LREC1-1dd8363a-de6f-3ceb-9548-ecf33cd988821750422430563\" class=\"caas-sda-benji-ad caas-sda-gam-container-mid-center caas-sda-gam-container-mid-center-small wafer-destroyed\" data-wf-benji-page-context=\"{&quot;pageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/trump-says-number-non-working-012410692.html&quot;,&quot;spaceid&quot;:&quot;1197618800&quot;,&quot;site&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;hashtag&quot;:&quot;politics;holidays&quot;,&quot;lmsid&quot;:&quot;a0a0W00000LfEMRQA3&quot;,&quot;lpstaid&quot;:&quot;1dd8363a-de6f-3ceb-9548-ecf33cd98882&quot;,&quot;pt&quot;:&quot;content&quot;,&quot;pd&quot;:&quot;modal&quot;,&quot;pct&quot;:&quot;story&quot;}\" data-wf-benji-wafer-config=\"{}\" data-wf-benji-config=\"{&quot;positions&quot;:{&quot;LREC1-1dd8363a-de6f-3ceb-9548-ecf33cd988821750422430563&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;LREC1-1dd8363a-de6f-3ceb-9548-ecf33cd988821750422430563&quot;,&quot;path&quot;:&quot;\/22888152279\/us\/ynews\/ros\/dt\/us_ynews_ros_dt_mid_center&quot;,&quot;region&quot;:&quot;viewer&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:[[300,250]],&quot;kvs&quot;:{&quot;loc&quot;:&quot;mid_center&quot;}}}}\" data-wf-trigger=\"onLoad\" data-wf-margin=\"100 0\" data-hide-ad-string=\"\">\n<div id=\"LREC1-1dd8363a-de6f-3ceb-9548-ecf33cd988821750422430563\" class=\"wafer-benji-success\" data-google-query-id=\"CMKayd6AgI4DFcRHHQkd-Ck9iw\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/22888152279\/us\/ynews\/ros\/dt\/us_ynews_ros_dt_mid_center_2__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The workers don&#8217;t want it either!&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Soon we&#8217;ll end up having a holiday for every once working day of the year. It must change if we are going to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Juneteenth, held on June 19 every year, commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and has long been celebrated by Black Americans.<\/p>\n<p>It\u00a0became the 11th federal holiday in 2021\u00a0with a law signed by then-President Joe Biden. The bill passed with broad bipartisan support, receiving unanimous approval in the Senate and\u00a0all but 14 votes in the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>Biden later posted on X that he had celebrated the day in Texas and that making Juneteenth a federal holiday was &#8220;one of the proudest moments of my presidency.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a day of liberation. It&#8217;s a day of remembrance. And it&#8217;s a day of celebration. Today, it was an honor to be in Galveston where freedom rang out 160 years ago,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"caas-da \">\n<div id=\"sda-LREC2-1dd8363a-de6f-3ceb-9548-ecf33cd988821750422430563\" class=\"caas-sda-benji-ad caas-sda-gam-container-mid-center caas-sda-gam-container-mid-center-small wafer-destroyed\" data-wf-benji-page-context=\"{&quot;pageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/trump-says-number-non-working-012410692.html&quot;,&quot;spaceid&quot;:&quot;1197618800&quot;,&quot;site&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;hashtag&quot;:&quot;politics;holidays&quot;,&quot;lmsid&quot;:&quot;a0a0W00000LfEMRQA3&quot;,&quot;lpstaid&quot;:&quot;1dd8363a-de6f-3ceb-9548-ecf33cd98882&quot;,&quot;pt&quot;:&quot;content&quot;,&quot;pd&quot;:&quot;modal&quot;,&quot;pct&quot;:&quot;story&quot;}\" data-wf-benji-wafer-config=\"{}\" data-wf-benji-config=\"{&quot;positions&quot;:{&quot;LREC2-1dd8363a-de6f-3ceb-9548-ecf33cd988821750422430563&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;LREC2-1dd8363a-de6f-3ceb-9548-ecf33cd988821750422430563&quot;,&quot;path&quot;:&quot;\/22888152279\/us\/ynews\/ros\/dt\/us_ynews_ros_dt_mid_center&quot;,&quot;region&quot;:&quot;viewer&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:[[300,250]],&quot;kvs&quot;:{&quot;loc&quot;:&quot;mid_center_2&quot;}}}}\" data-wf-trigger=\"onLoad\" data-wf-margin=\"100 0\" data-hide-ad-string=\"\">\n<div id=\"LREC2-1dd8363a-de6f-3ceb-9548-ecf33cd988821750422430563\" class=\"wafer-benji-success\" data-google-query-id=\"CMOayd6AgI4DFcRHHQkd-Ck9iw\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/22888152279\/us\/ynews\/ros\/dt\/us_ynews_ros_dt_mid_center_3__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The White House press office didn&#8217;t immediately respond to Business a request for comment from Business Insider regarding Trump&#8217;s Truth Social post.<\/p>\n<p>Most federal offices, such as the US Postal Service, are closed during Juneteenth. Markets like the Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange don&#8217;t trade during the holiday, either.<\/p>\n<p>But whether private companies and state governments remain open varies. Most major banks are closed for the holiday, but not all companies provide paid time off.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a press briefing that the White House was open. When asked by a journalist about commemorating Juneteenth, she said she was &#8220;not tracking&#8221; Trump&#8217;s signature on any proclamations for the holiday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know this is a federal holiday,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I want to thank all of you for showing up to work. We are certainly here. We&#8217;re working 24\/7 right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"caas-da \">\n<div id=\"sda-LREC3-1dd8363a-de6f-3ceb-9548-ecf33cd988821750422430563\" class=\"caas-sda-benji-ad caas-sda-gam-container-mid-center caas-sda-gam-container-mid-center-small wafer-destroyed\" data-wf-benji-page-context=\"{&quot;pageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/trump-says-number-non-working-012410692.html&quot;,&quot;spaceid&quot;:&quot;1197618800&quot;,&quot;site&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;hashtag&quot;:&quot;politics;holidays&quot;,&quot;lmsid&quot;:&quot;a0a0W00000LfEMRQA3&quot;,&quot;lpstaid&quot;:&quot;1dd8363a-de6f-3ceb-9548-ecf33cd98882&quot;,&quot;pt&quot;:&quot;content&quot;,&quot;pd&quot;:&quot;modal&quot;,&quot;pct&quot;:&quot;story&quot;}\" data-wf-benji-wafer-config=\"{}\" data-wf-benji-config=\"{&quot;positions&quot;:{&quot;LREC3-1dd8363a-de6f-3ceb-9548-ecf33cd988821750422430563&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;LREC3-1dd8363a-de6f-3ceb-9548-ecf33cd988821750422430563&quot;,&quot;path&quot;:&quot;\/22888152279\/us\/ynews\/ros\/dt\/us_ynews_ros_dt_mid_center&quot;,&quot;region&quot;:&quot;viewer&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:[[300,250]],&quot;kvs&quot;:{&quot;loc&quot;:&quot;mid_center_3&quot;}}}}\" data-wf-trigger=\"onLoad\" data-wf-margin=\"100 0\" data-hide-ad-string=\"\">\n<div id=\"LREC3-1dd8363a-de6f-3ceb-9548-ecf33cd988821750422430563\" class=\"wafer-benji-success\" data-google-query-id=\"CM69w96AgI4DFcRHHQkd-Ck9iw\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/22888152279\/us\/ynews\/ros\/dt\/us_ynews_ros_dt_mid_center_4__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/22888152279\/us\/ynews\/ros\/dt\/us_ynews_ros_dt_mid_center_4\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/8c8fc11d624d33b580ae476c4dfdec3d.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-45\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"o\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump himself supported making Juneteenth a federal holiday\u00a0in the wake of widespread protests following the killing of George Floyd. &#8220;Make Juneteenth a National Holiday&#8221; was included among his &#8220;Promise to Black America over 4 years&#8221; policy proposals in his 2020 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>During that campaign,\u00a0Trump took credit for publicizing Juneteenth\u00a0after moving one of his rallies from June 19 to June 20 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I did something good: I made Juneteenth very famous,&#8221; Trump told The Wall Street Journal at the time. &#8220;It&#8217;s actually an important event, an important time. But nobody had ever heard of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the same interview, Trump expressed surprise that his administration had commemorated Juneteenth every year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh really? We put out a statement? The Trump White House put out a statement?&#8221; he said, according to the Journal. &#8220;OK, OK. Good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not publish a\u00a0statement on its website\u00a0commemorating Juneteenth this year.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on\u00a0Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump criticized the number of American holidays and claimed they cost billions in productivity. 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