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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump is staging a 4th of July takeover
Where usually there's a Smithsonian-sponsored festival celebrating foreign cultures and a concert broadcast on PBS for Independence Day, this year there will be fighter jets, tanks and a Trump rally -- plus protests and politics. And the biggest fireworks display anyone can remember.
The regular fireworks launch point had to be moved to accommodate President Donald Trump's new "Salute to America" event at the Lincoln Memorial. That, coupled with military flyovers, means DC airspace will be closed for more than two hours, when in normal years it isn't closed at all.
One concern of critics who think the Fourth should be about commemorating national unity and independence is that Trump's event, with its massive VIP section and tickets for political donors, has the sheen of a partisan affair. There will be 15,000 general assembly tickets available for Trump's July 4 celebration and a total of 500 VIP tickets, according to a person involved with the event.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/02/politics/donald-trump-fourth-of-july-plan/index.html
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It will be a complete failure in everyone's eyes except for his most die-hard supporters.
The rest of the country will completely ignore this joke of a tribute to Donald Trump's ego.
Donald, it's really too bad that you are such a failure in life and that you have such a small mushroom peen, but please don't make the entire country pay for your flaccid ego. We are so sick and tired of your childish bullshit.
dchill
(38,532 posts)You said "please."
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Millions of people are hoping for a big fail.
dchill
(38,532 posts)madaboutharry
(40,220 posts)spanone
(135,873 posts)donors will donate
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,414 posts)TrumPutin's events reveal traitors, cultists and sociopaths.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)It was all quite egalitarian, people milling around, sitting on blankets, adults and children. If you wanted to be close to the stage, you had to get there very early and stake out your territory... couldn't buy access. You brought your own picnic and shared with the people nearby.
Somehow I don't think that Trump's VIP section will be like that.
from CNN
Trump's celebration won't supersede all of what normally happens in DC, including the annual parade down Pennsylvania Avenue featuring marching bands in the morning.
Trump will speak at the Lincoln Memorial during an event that starts at 6:30 p.m. ET. Two miles away, at the Capitol building end of the National Mall, the annual A Capitol Fourth concert will begin at 8 p.m. ET.
PBS airs that program, and it features recording artists and celebrities like Carole King, the National Symphony Orchestra and muppets from Sesame Street. King has made clear that she is taking part in the PBS event and not -- repeat: not! -- the Trump event.
Carole King's comment:
https://twitter.com/Carole_King
randr
(12,414 posts)with patriotic background for campaign. The whole event is staged for nefarious reasons at tax payers expense.
not that it isn't obvious to most of us.