A circulating screenshot genuinely depicts a Truth Social post by U.S. President Donald Trump asserting that America has “too many non-working holidays” and that keeping businesses closed for them costs the nation “billions of dollars.”
Trump published the statement on June 19, 2025. Despite claims made by some commentators, it was not issued as a 2026 Labor Day message.
At the beginning of September 2026, online rumors gained traction regarding a supposed social media statement from U.S. President Donald Trump, in which he reportedly complained that federal holidays drain “billions of dollars” from the economy by forcing businesses to shut down.
Users across various social media networks and Reddit shared images of the purported post, accompanying them with sharp commentary. One user remarked, “a president notorious for spending weekends at Mar-a-Lago to golf and ham it up at sycophantic dinner parties, thinks American workers get too many non-working holidays.”
The screenshot gained heavy visibility as the nation prepared for the annual Labor Day weekend, which fell on September 7.
Former U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) also weighed in, posting a lengthy critique of what she characterized as Trump’s “Labor Day message” to her X account on September 2.
While Trump did author the message on Truth Social, the online claims misidentified both its timing and its intended context—it was neither a 2026 statement nor a comment on Labor Day.
Records show that Trump published the remarks at 7:03 p.m. on June 19, 2025. The text remains accessible via Trump’s Truth, an independent archive dedicated to preserving his social media history.
The complete text of the post stated:
Too many non-working holidays in America. It is costing our Country $BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to keep all of these businesses closed. 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!
An examination of Trump’s Truth Social activity on June 19, 2025, shows he made 29 separate posts that day. While the holiday-focused post was among them, none of the other messages appeared to relate to it directly.
Although the precise motivation behind the post was not explicitly stated, June 19 marks Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, which was signed into law by then-President Joe Biden in 2021.
Given Trump’s frequent history of targeting Biden’s policies and achievements in speeches, online posts, debates, and media interviews, observers noted that the remarks were likely aimed at undermining a holiday established during his predecessor’s administration.
Inquiries have been sent to the White House to clarify whether the June 2025 statement was directed at Juneteenth or the Biden administration’s policies. This report will be updated should a response become available.