Trump ‘open’ to adding a Charlie Kirk national holiday after complaining on Juneteenth that there were too many of them
Trump ‘wouldn’t oppose’ national holiday honoring Charlie Kirk, White House says
- Donald Trump, who previously complained about 'too many non-working holidays', would not oppose a new federal holiday honoring slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed Trump's likely support for legislation to establish a 12th federal holiday for Kirk, who was shot and killed in Utah.
- Both the Senate and House of Representatives have adopted resolutions honoring Kirk, but these actions do not formally establish a federal holiday.
- Establishing a federal holiday requires a bill to pass both chambers of Congress and receive presidential assent.
- Trump had previously criticized Juneteenth, a holiday he once supported, for costing the country 'billions of dollars' due to businesses closing.