On Thursday, President Donald Trump chose Juneteenth to post his belief that some Americans have too many paid days off from work.

A longtime adviser to Trump, Bruce LeVell, told Newsmax on Friday that regardless of his own opinions he stands with the president on “good, common-sense things for all Americans.”

“I’ve been celebrating Juneteenth as long as I can remember. We acknowledge it no matter if it’s a holiday or if it’s not. We know what happened historically in 1866, when for two years that slavery was still going on. But let me tell you, every day in Atlanta, Georgia, I put a key in the door as 31 years of business.

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