Trump says Americans have too many holidays

Donald Trump’s complaint that the United States has “too many non-working holidays” did not originate this week. The line comes from a June 19, 2025 Truth Social post published on Juneteenth, according to CBS News. On September 2, 2026, the remark circulated again on X in a repost from HQNewsNow that paired Trump’s holiday complaint with earlier comments by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz about Americans working longer to raise gross domestic product. The repost linked two separate statements into one social-media argument about work and economic output. Trump’s post argued that holidays cost the country money because businesses close, while Oz said at a White House press event in January 2026 that if Americans stayed healthy enough to work one additional year beyond the average retirement age of 61, national GDP would rise by “trillions of dollars,” according to a report summarizing the briefing. (cbsnews.com) ### Where did Trump’s holiday comment actually come from? June 19, 2025 is the date of the original Trump remark cited in coverage of the repost. CBS News reported that Trump wrote on Truth Social that the United States has “too many non-working holidays” and said they were costing the country “$BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.” Juneteenth was the federal holiday being observed that day. (cbsnews.com) CBS reported that Trump’s post did not explicitly mention Juneteenth by name, but it was published on the holiday, when federal and state offices were generally closed. ### What exactly did Trump say? Trump’s June 19, 2025 message said the country had “too many non-working holidays,” according to CBS News. (cbsnews.com) He added that businesses were being kept closed and that “The workers don’t want it either,” before saying, “It must change if we are going to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Private businesses are not required to close on federal holidays, CBS reported, though banks, stock exchanges and many government offices typically do. (cbsnews.com) The same report said many retail establishments remain open on Juneteenth and other federal holidays. ### Why was Mehmet Oz included in the repost? Mehmet Oz was included because he had made a separate argument earlier in 2026 that better health could keep Americans in the workforce longer and lift economic output. (cbsnews.com) A January 12, 2026 report on his White House remarks said Oz argued that one extra year of work beyond the average retirement age of 61 would increase U.S. GDP by “trillions of dollars” and reduce healthcare expenses. The White House website shows Oz delivered a media briefing on June 2, 2026, and also hosted a White House press briefing that day, confirming his role as a senior administration spokesman on healthcare and related economic claims. The available White House pages do not provide a transcript in the search results, but they confirm the administration briefing format used for his public remarks. (finance.yahoo.com) ### Was this a new Trump statement? September 2, 2026 was the date the HQNewsNow repost was being circulated, but the Trump line itself was not new. The wording matches reporting from June 19, 2025, when multiple outlets documented the Truth Social post published on Juneteenth. The social-media post therefore revived an older Trump comment and attached it to a separate Oz argument from 2026. (whitehouse.gov) The two remarks were made at different times and in different contexts, even though the repost presented them together. ### What can readers verify next? HQNewsNow’s X repost was still the public distribution point for the combined clips on September 2, 2026, based on the source material provided for this story. (cbsnews.com) Readers looking to verify the underlying claims can compare that repost with CBS News’ June 19, 2025 account of Trump’s Truth Social message and the White House and press-coverage records of Oz’s 2026 briefing remarks.