What is the latest national holiday in America, June?
June marks the liberation of enslaved black Americans. It became a federal public holiday in 2021.
- President Donald Trump criticized the number of federal holidays in the true social post that fell in June.
- Trump delces new holidays during his second presidency, including World President’s Day and American Gulf Day. They are not paid holidays.
- Trump has not approved June in 2025.
President Donald Trump said there is “too much non-operating leave” in the United States, but he has not eschewed from other public holiday declarations.
In clear criticism on June 19, Trump said in his true social post on June 19 that non-operating holidays would cost billions of dollars to keep businesses shut down. Private businesses are not forced to close on federal holidays like in June, when the last black people enslaved by the Confederate forces were ordered for free to commemorate the events of June 19, 1865.
Trump has declared a new holiday opposed to the number of paid leave for federal workers in the past.
Trump says “too many non-working holidays”
Trump’s post in June criticized the number of federal holidays where most federal workers have paid holidays. There will be 12 federal public holidays in 2025. Most federal holidays are created by laws passed through Congress.
However, during his second presidency, Trump issued declarations of other holidays that are not paid on holidays to recognize special days such as:
“We already have too many holidays in America,” he wrote in the May 5th Truth Social Post when announcing the World War II and World War II holidays. “We don’t have enough days left in the year. We were workers at the time, and now we are workers!”
Did Trump admit it in June?
Trump’s 2025 Truth Social Post didn’t mention it in June.
White House press secretary Caroline Levitt was asked by a reporter earlier in the day whether Trump is expected to commemorate June.
“I’m not tracking his signature today,” she replied. “I know this is a federal holiday.”
As of June 20th, the June declaration has not been released from the White House.
Trump previously honored June, including his first term as president. But Trump sparked controversy in 2020 after scheduling his first rally since the Covid-19 lockdown in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He later changed the date of the event.
Who signed the law in June?
Former President Joe Biden.
It has long been celebrated by black Americans, but became prominent in the nation in 2020 amid protests against racial inequality. It was officially recognized as a federal holiday in 2021 by then President Joe Biden.
What are the federal government’s “non-labor” holidays?
According to the U.S. Personnel Management, the full list of 2025 US federal public holidays is as follows:
- Wednesday, January 1st: New Year’s Day
- Monday, January 20th: Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Coincidentally, the date was inauguration, and Trump was second to the 47th president of the United States.
- Monday, February 17th: Washington’s birthday, celebrating George Washington, a few days after Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. Many state and local governments have designated it as President’s Day.
- Monday, May 26th: Anniversary
- Thursday, June 19th: June
- Friday, July 4th: Independence Day or July 4th
- Monday, September 1st: Labor Day
- Monday, October 13th: Columbus Day
- Tuesday, November 11th: Veterans’ Day
- Thursday, November 27th: Thanksgiving Day
- Thursday, December 25th: Christmas Day
Contributors: Janine Santucci, Saman Shafik, Melina Khan, Cheryl McCloud, CA Bridges; USA Today Network
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