Now that the Juneteenth barbecues are over and Black Americans are done with their celebrating, we have time to respond to President Donald Trump's reaction to the holiday. And boy, do folks online have all the smoke.
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Trump took to Truth Social late Thursday (June 19) to declare how the country has, "Too many non-working holidays" that's "costing our Country $BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to keep all of these businesses closed." Although he didn't name any specific holidays that needs to be cut, many people online say his 7 p.m. post on Juneteenth seemingly speaks for itself.
Many Black Americans predicted the holiday, which celebrates the day in 1865 when Union Major General Gordon Granger announced all enslaved people in Texas were free, would be next on the Trump chopping block. "Trump waits until a black-themed holiday to complain about holidays. That's so on-brand," @JohnnyLoveless wrote on X. "I'd be disappointed at this point if he didn't take advantage of the opportunity to send a racial dogwhistle."
It's important to note Trump once championed Juneteenth — even celebrating the holiday every year of his first term. And this was before it became a federal holiday in 2021 following the murder of George Floyd.
But now, folks online feel like Trump has changed his tune.
"Racist Donald Trump is complaining about the cost of the Juneteenth holiday. After removing the Martin Luther King bust and Barack Obama's portrait at the White House," @whittler_e said. "He hates black people and just cannot keep himself from insulting us."
@Edudarl called the president, "The Divider-in-chief" before adding he's "Just pure evil." But while many folks were pissed about Trump's post, others offered suggestions for him to take into account.
"Take away Columbus Day too than TF!" @ATrueMenace1 tweeted. Another user had more holidays to add to Trump's holiday hit list. "Christmas Day - We don’t do religious crap, Thanksgiving - AKA: White people spreading diseases day,
Columbus Day - Ugly bro is Spanish," @LibTownMayor said.
Back in April, Trump announced he's "reinstating Columbus Day under the same rules, dates, and locations, as it has had for all of the many decades before!" on Truth Social. Columbus Day is still a federal holiday, but in recent times, people also began celebrating Indigenous People's Day to honor the genocide caused by Spanish conquistador Christopher Columbus quest to the Americas.
On TikTok, @blackbeltbabe pointed out what she called hypocrisy from Trump. "So the man that resulted in the murder of indigenous folks [Columbus] should be celebrated as a federal holiday and doesn't waste time and money but the holiday that celebrities the ending of slavery and the start of reconstruction is a waste of time?"
Black Americans online also called out Black voters for Trump. "This is why I’ll never understand why a lot of blacks openly support or voted for him ain’t no f*****g way," @_dre_day tweeted.
"I love to see Trump and all the haters salty about Juneteenth," congressional candidate for Houston’s 18th District Isaiah Martin said.
Another user, @holybullies, added, "Black folks dont care what Donald Trump or his raggedy Administration thinks about Juneteenth. We still celebrating."
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