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Trump fails to mark Juneteenth, federal holiday celebrating end of US slavery

However, the president did take to social media to complain about ‘too many non-working holidays’

Donald Trump failed to mark Juneteenth, commemorating the ending of slavery in the US, until he posted on Thursday night that there are “too many non-working holidays” in the country.

The US president has put out statements previously as president and even tried to take credit for boosting awareness of the significance of 19 June before it became a federal holiday under the Biden administration.

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