Trump ignores Juneteenth as press secretary dodges question about marking the end of slavery. - FIVE MINUTE NEWS

[Rhiannon12866]

Donald Trump did not formally mark Juneteenth on Thursday, complaining instead that there are "too many non-working holidays."- 06/20/2025.

[Walleye]

1. "We are working 24/7 here". She thinks she's working, there's a word for her.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. She certainly is glib for one so young.

At the end of her MSNBC show Jen Psaki (Joe Biden's White House Press Secretary) takes the questions herself and gives the honest and correct answers.

[Walleye]

3. Who does she think she is making such derogatory comments about a man the stature of Joe Biden

She’s just repeating what has been fed into her head. She has no idea what she’s talking about. I’m sure she would never say such things to Joe Biden‘s face. These people have no honor.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. I certainly agree, she sounds like she was brainwashed

[some_of_us_are_sane]

5. OMG. That "mean girl" mouthpiece

makes my gorge rise. SHE IS SUCH A SHIT! She flashes that fake smile like she's using an eraser on a page whenever she wanst to avoid answering a question.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Good Grief! TFG had some bad ones the last time around, but this one is the worst

She lies so confidently - either that or she has no idea what she's talking about.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

7. It's simple

1. Take out brain.
2. Wash thoroughly.
3. Reinsert.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Yup, she's brainwashed. And here she's expected to be the country's resource for accurate news

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. Maddow blog-No longer looking for votes, Trump changes his tune about the Juneteenth holiday

Last edited Fri Jun 20, 2025, 04:22 PM - Edit history (1)

In 2020, the Republican president claimed he "made Juneteenth very famous." In 2025, he didn't bother to acknowledge the national holiday at all.

Trump in 2020, looking for votes: brags about making Juneteenth “very famous,” vows to make it a federal holiday

Trump in 2025: ignores Juneteenth, complains about Americans having too many holidays www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-06-20T13:52:58.419Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/no-longer-looking-votes-trump-changes-tune-juneteenth-holiday-rcna214059

Five years ago this week, Donald Trump sat down with The Wall Street Journal and appeared to take credit for public recognition of Juneteenth, which honors the end of slavery in the United States. “I did something good: I made Juneteenth very famous,” the president said, patting himself on the back. “It’s actually an important event, an important time. But nobody had ever heard of it.”....

Five years later, it’s apparently no longer “good.” The New York Times reported:

Juneteenth, the holiday that marks the end of slavery in the United States, has been celebrated at the White House each June 19 since it was enshrined into law four years ago. But on Thursday, it went unmarked by the president — except for a post on social media in which he said he would get rid of some ‘non-working holidays.’

In the Republican’s first term — before Joe Biden made Juneteenth an official federal holiday in 2021 — the Trump White House issued a proclamation honoring the day every year in mid-June. This year, amid an aggressive partisan campaign against anything that’s even tangentially related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, and as the administration takes indefensible steps to bury Black history, the Trump White House couldn’t be bothered to even acknowledge the existence of the holiday......

Or put another way, the president who’s spent an inordinate amount of his second term golfing at Trump-owned properties was annoyed to discover that many Americans failed to work on a national holiday that he used to recognize as important.

As Election Day 2020 approached, Trump unveiled what he labeled the “Platinum Plan” for Black voters, outlining a series of goals for his second term, which included making Juneteenth a federal holiday. But after Biden did what Trump only talked about, the Republican apparently lost interest.

For his part, the former Democratic president delivered Juneteenth remarks at the historic Reedy Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Galveston, Texas. “I don’t come here today to only commemorate the past. I come here because we know the good Lord isn’t done with us yet,” Biden said, adding, “We have work to do. We need to keep pushing America forward.”

These were the kind of comments the incumbent president could've made, but didn't.