Trump's 2025 Truth Social post did not mention Juneteenth. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked by reporters earlier in the day whether Trump was expected to commemorate Juneteenth.

President Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal holiday. On this year's Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, the president kept silent.

Inside the history of Juneteenth as Opal's Walk for Freedom takes place President Trump appeared to mark Juneteenth on Thursday with a Truth Social post arguing the United States has "too many non ...

As Americans observe Juneteenth, Trump lamented the cost of "non-working holidays" in a Truth Social post on Thursday, claiming that there "too many" of the holidays.

In an apparent critique of Juneteenth, Trump said in a June 19 Truth Social post that non-working holidays are costing billions of dollars to keep businesses closed. Private companies are not ...

Once Juneteenth became a legal federal holiday, it is observed and celebrated each year on June 19. Some upcoming celebrations for the 2025 holiday are expected to be smaller than they were in ...

Trump says 'too many non-working holidays' Trump's post on Juneteenth criticized the number of federal holidays, which most federal workers have as paid holidays. There are 12 federal holidays in ...

President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal holiday. On Wednesday, Black community leaders from across the country ...

Mr. Trump honored Juneteenth during his first term, including in 2017, when he called it "a historic day recognizing the end of slavery." He issued similar messages in 2018 and 2019, and in 2020 ...

Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States by commemorating June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas.