Trump blasted for ‘too many non-working holidays’ post: ‘The laziest president in history’
Critics of Donald Trump accused the president of hypocrisy after he railed on social media against “too many non-working holidays” on Juneteenth.
“Too many non-working holidays in America. It is costing our Country $BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to keep all of these businesses closed,” the president posted to his Truth Social account on Juneteenth. “The workers don’t want it either! Soon we’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!”
Trump’s post did not mention Juneteenth by name, but the Truth Social post was made on June 19, which marks the day in 1865 when word finally reached the last enslaved people in Galveston, Texas that they were free — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation had been signed.
Then-President Joe Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021.
Critics pointed out that Trump has taken the equivalent of more than four weeks to go golfing while claiming there are “too many non-working holidays.”
“Says the so-called ‘president’ who spends so much of his time golfing, it’s gonna cost us $100 million in 2025 alone,” tweeted Joanne Carducci, a liberal influencer known as JoJofromJerz on X.
The Lincoln Project, a group founded by Republicans critical of Trump, also referenced Trump’s golf game while condemning the Truth Social post.
“Guy who has golfed 33 days this year thinks Americans need to work more,” the account stated.
“Laziest man in the world wants you to work harder,” tweeted Trump critic Shannon Watts.
“The laziest president in history says what?” added the Republicans against Trump Twitter account.
The account suggested that Trump holds contempt for Black Americans.
“The fact that he chose Juneteenth to rant about federal holidays tells you everything you need to know about what really bothers him, and it’s not the closed businesses,” the account tweeted.
Others noted the timing of Trump’s post.
“Trump wasn’t complaining about too many holidays on President’s Day,” tweeted Ron Filipkowski, a former Republican-turned-Trump critic who is editor-in-chief of MeidasTouch Network.
Filipkowski also tweeted that Trump announced his support for the holiday while courting Black voters ahead of the 2020 election.
“He speaks much differently about this stuff when it’s an election year,” Filipkowski tweeted while posting an old tweet where Trump said he was moving the date of a Tulsa, Oklahoma campaign rally because it fell on Juneteenth.
The White House was asked if Trump was acknowledging Juneteenth.
“I’m not tracking his signature on a proclamation today. I want to thank all of you for showing up to work. We are certainly here. We are working 24/7 right now,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday.