Why You Shouldn't Visit Our National Parks Today
Susan J. Demas
The National Park Service will waive entrance fees today, June 14 — Donald Trump’s 80th birthday. The administration is marketing this as a gift to the American people. It’s not. It is the latest installment in a systematic effort to literally remake this country in one man’s image.
Think about what Trump has done to deface the symbols and institutions that belong to all of us. His face is now on the National Parks Pass — gallingly placed alongside the father of our country, George Washington. Trump’s signature is going on our currency. His face may soon follow. He’s tearing up the White House lawn to build a ballroom and a UFC fighting cage for his birthday celebration. He’s proposed a military-style arch to be built in his honor.
He has desecrated our nation and now he wants to put his name on everything that’s left standing.
And let’s not forget that the administration removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the free admission calendar. Both of those days — among the most significant civil rights observances in America — were on the list last year. They’re gone now. In their place is Dear Leader’s birthday, which the Interior Department has rebranded as one of its new “patriotic fee-free days.”
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