Trump calls D.C.'s July 4th 250th celebration a 'Trump rally'
President Donald Trump announced he will stage Washington, D.C.'s July 4 semiquincentennial celebration as a campaign-style "Trump Rally" on the National Mall, centered at the Lincoln Memorial. The administration moved the traditional Capitol July 4 ceremony to July 3 and plans for July 4 include about 300 military musicians, airshows, and an expanded fireworks display. That decision places a partisan presidential event at the heart of America's 250th birthday and effectively turns federal pageantry and resources into a platform for the president's re-election messaging.
The president's announcement that the July 4th event in DC celebrating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence will be a "TRUMP RALLY" completes the MAGA takeover of the country's birthday that started last year. www.motherjones.com/politics/202....
Dan Friedman122This is not at all surprising, but it's worth noting that Freedom 250 flacks are out there saying the group, which is organizing the July 4 event, is nonpartisan. Making the official July 4 event in Washington into a TRUMP rally doesn't seem nonpartisan.
termitebaby53.bsky.social34A Trump Rally paid for with our tax dollars! How is this legal? (I know, I know - laws are meaningless to this bunch). I wonder if it can be stopped thru the courts?
GermanNerd22all of this has nothing to do with America. MAGA celebrates Trump, Americans celebrate America.
jjmplsmn16I'd rather be bitten by fire ants.
fjf1.bsky.social13Condolences to all those forced to attend.
Barbara Andes7To where can we all travel to gather for a REAL July 4th event? I was in Philadelphia for the culmination of a memorable seventh grade school year preparing for and celebrating the bicentennial in 1976! Sad that Trump completely screwed up the 250th year.
Blue Rover6250 years of oppressive, racist, misogynistic, lying white men. The gov’t is shooting citizens in the streets and running concentration camps. The majority of the population is working poor,and white men are free to rape & murder without consequence. Hard pass on celebrating that.
itsmanbearpig.bsky.social6OMG this will be HILARIOUS!!! 😆 'his playlist' !! So we will hear Ave Maria, and YMCA, and Ice Ice Baby, maybe back to back
Karina Coombs6If it’s specifically a MAGA rally - as he specified - does that mean his campaign funds pay for it versus taxpayer funds?
cactus297.bsky.social4JFC, this shit never ends!
Annabel Lee3He has a military school graduate's attention to grammar and spelling.
North Korea will be so proud
J.Arizona2Our military bands are filled with phenomenal musicians. Outside of this debacle, if you have an opportunity to see a performance, you should take it.
web_rant2"We will have none of those people that put you to sleep and constantly complain!" bsky.app/profile/dfri...
Delawarestorm2It really was supposed to something to celebrate, and like everything he touches, he ruined it for the 60%+ of the country that hates him.
mleroi.bsky.social2They’ve been practicing. Watching ppl’s reactions. Went to a 4th parade in a local town 3 yrs ago. Turned out to be lines of floats constructed by MAGA groups.I was “ surprised “ the village issued a permit for a political rally on a day set aside to commemorate the start of a shared nation.
Terry Blumenstein2Beautiful and Safe? Videos show an overwhelming amount of fencing installed
Steve🖖 🇺🇸💚🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧🇲🇽💙❌👑🏳️🌈2As someone who saw the bicentennial celebrations in person, I say this anniversary sucks.
Go Ask Alice2I will not be celebrating on July 4
dplugin2Oh sweet mother of electrical storms, we beseech thee
jhg1968.bsky.social2Is this taking the place of a Capitol 4th?
Trump just announced that the July 4 event on the National Mall celebrating America 250 will now be turned into a "TRUMP RALLY."
Sherry326111I'm old enough to remember how excited people were for the Bicentennial. This is just so sad in comparison.
Tessa 🌹49I hate him so much
Michele Lamb36Of course he’s going to ruin what should be a joyful historical event; and lazy corporate media will play along.
Dona Dickinson27Thus taking away a traditional DC area family event- picnic and fireworks and music on the National Mall. No one will take their kids to a Proud Boys “wild” event. #ETTD
Catincognito skeeting since 07/3/202326We can only keep thinking good thoughts
Inbtwnthedarkandthelight25You spelled shit show wrong.
Dave Keon's Cousin 🏒 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱12Can't wait to see the A-list entertainment lineup.
Chris11This and *gestures everywhere* all of this is why I can’t get excited about America’s 250th.
Josephine Imperato10I suppose we'll see the same people from the UFC cage fight. I can't imagine any decent American attending a "Trump Rally" on America's birthday. I also can't imagine any reputable entertainer performing for this vermin. DC is NOT the place to be on 7/4.
Unity In Defiance10That’s because to this absolute unit of a dipshit, there is no “America.” He is such a megalomaniac narcissistic asshole that he believes HE is America — just like all the GOP members act like they are GUN, or they are PATRIOT. Notice I didn’t invoke a name & you know who I’m referring to.
lesliead717.bsky.social7It’s official. we are living under a facist regime
predictionmonk technologies7Great job, Republican voters. And great job, those who sat the election out because you don't do politics.
RiseUp!! (Formerly Maskup)6Translation: No talented entertainers want to be associated with our nazi regime.
El Sargento García6Fuck that narcissistic motherfucker and his followers.
5Plume🪶6Naturally. Anything else isn't a good use of the villain's time. We didn't reject the cagefight effectively so he knows he won't hear too much complaining.
BookReadingDiva546It’s why PBS moved A Capitol Fourth to July 3rd and they are having their fireworks display at Mount Vernon.
Skyline5A rally for what? He's already president.
Toonces McGillicutty (Writer?)5Then, we need a 11m people march onto the national mall telling him no.
LR5I.e. a Dear Leader worship event.
Lindsay 🇩🇰🇺🇸 A Immigrant3I hope there are circus animals 🙏🏻
destiny-plus.bsky.social3No surprise here. This pos’ 2 administrations has always been about him. The sooner we impeach and run his behind to rot in jail the better.
rawdawg67.bsky.social2I’m surprised he’s not rebranding it to “Trump 80”.
Dave N.2The news media and political elite in this country are incapable of understanding that normal people don’t want to associate with an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon.
bdkinss-❌️👑💙🌊🇺🇲🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🏳️🌈2He knows he's losing, gotta gather his MAGAts together and remind them how much they hate "others."
Nualaatpeace2Seems he's not tired of the boos.
Hormuz Moose in a Caboose2It’s not about HIM. #NPD
MFIQ47POS2Fuck this MF47 he is not human any more! Fucking shit!
Spirit from Montgomery2It was never about the country
Sherry Krauss2How many billions is he stealing for these events?
Ole Christensen 🇪🇺🤝🏼🇺🇦2Me, me, me, me, me and a lot more ME‼️
Hansine Ilse of the North Shore2Isn’t that what they all are ? For Pro- PEDO-Felony Traitor uniting ? Narcissistic sociopathic psychopaths Convention. Perfect time to arrest all of the criminals 🤷🏻♀️🙄
July 4th is cancelled this year. Just another day as Convicted Felon Donald Trump makes it about himself. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Lady Di4FFS he will do anything to make it about him 🙄
Ryan Moore 🏳️🌈 🇵🇸 🇺🇦3It was cancelled for me the moment he was reelected. I will celebrate this country via protest until he is gone.
Jen H2OR hear me out, what if we acutally take Independence Day for what it is this year and make it happen.
Sheryl with an S2🤮I pray this is his last 4th.
RFK Brain Worm Jr.2America IS the freedom to be corrupt, in Trump's eyes and the eyes of his greedy Republicans cohorts. Nothing more. Hardworking Americans and their dreams means absolutely nothing to these people.
Trump declares D.C.'s July 4th celebration as a "TRUMP RALLY"
helchose.bsky.social19Fourth of July is cancelled, folks.
I apologize for the nonsense🤣🌮14Then he can fucking pay for it
Dave N.9And this is why people are just tuning out any 250th celebration. It’s all been tainted by a fat, disgusting rapist & felon.
𝚖𝚘𝚔𝚞 𓅃5he is systematically taking all that americans hold sacred & dragging it through pig-shit; unless the USA goes through a radical enlightenment it will never recover from the second trump presidency
Crying for my country4Best not be using taxpayer money then!
Ewan Sutherland3Sultanism, another name for "Despotism", is a form of authoritarian government characterized by the extreme personal presence of the ruler in all elements of governance. Grand Sultan Trump 🤮
nedbarrett 🌈2Why is nothing about the country?
