President Donald Trump took to social media Thursday on Juneteenth, a federal holiday, to criticize the number of “non-working holidays” in the United States.

Trump may still issue a statement or proclamation, or share a statement from an ally, as he did last year. Update 6/19/25, 8:56 p.m. ET: This article has been updated with additional information ...

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Soon we’ll end up having a holiday for every once working day of the year,” he wrote. “It must change if we are going to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Of course Trump chose Juneteenth to ...