Trump says number of ‘non-working holidays’ in America ‘must change’ in Juneteenth social media post

• Trump criticized the number of American holidays and claimed that they cost billions of productivity.

• The task was held in Juneteenth, a federal holiday that Trump previously supported.

• The president said that the number of non -working holidays should “change”.

In a social media broadcast in Juneteenth, President Donald Trump said that America has a “too much” vacation where people do not work.

“The holiday that doesn’t work much in America,” Trump said late on Thursday. He said: “It costs billions of dollars to our country to keep these businesses closed.”

The president said that the frequency of holiday should “change” and that the workers did not want them.

“Workers do not want either!” Continued. “Soon we will have a holiday for every working day of the year. If we go, we should make America wonder again!”

JuneteenthOrganized every year on June 19, he commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and has been celebrated by black Americans for a long time.

CT 11th Federal Holiday in 2021 With a law signed by President Joe Biden. The draft passed with wide bilateral support and unanimously approval in the Senate and All except 14 votes in the House of Representatives.

Most federal offices, such as US postal service, are closed in June. Markets such as Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange do not trade during the holidays.

However, it changes whether private companies and state governments remain open. Most large banks are closed for holidays, but not all companies do not allow paid time.

The White House Press Office did not immediately respond to Business Insider’s request for a comment on Trump’s social post.

Early on Thursday, the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the White House was open at a press conference. When a journalist was asked to commemorate Juneteenth, he said that Trump did not “follow” his signature on any statement for his holiday.

“I know it’s a federal holiday,” he said. “I want to thank you all for coming to work. We are definitely here. We are working 24/7 now.”

Trump supported Juneteenth a federal holiday Following the widespread protests after George Floyd was killed. In the 2020 presidential campaign, “the transformation of Juneteenth into a national holiday” was among the policy proposals for more than 4 years of Black America “.

During this campaign, Trump received credit to publish Juneteenth After carrying one of the rallies from June 19 to June 20 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

I did a good thing: I made Juneteenth very famous, Tr Trump said then to Wall Street Journal. “Actually, an important event, an important time. But no one had heard it.”

In the same interview, Trump was surprised that his administration commemorated Juneteenth every year.

“Oh really? Did we make a statement? Has Trump White House made a statement?” According to the magazine, he said. “Okay, okay. Nice.”

The White House did not publish Expression on the website This year he remembers Juneteenth.

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