It is absolutely ridiculous at this point, how over the top and obscene a pageant Trump is turning the nation’s Fourth of July celebration into. From his requests for tanks and military leaders at his side to the preemption of the normal fireworks display to make room for what increasingly is looking like little more than a political rally, Trump’s impression of a dictator gets better with each passing day.
Now pictures are being released of the area — on the National Mall, near the Lincoln Memorial — as it is prepared for the event, and it looks like all of our suspicions are being borne out. My deepest wish is that someone might take Trump aside and tell him that gazing at the monuments to our history, memorials of the figures who truly made this country great, is spectacle enough for many. I wish so hard that Donald Trump had a heart that, like mine, swelled with pride at even the thought of our nation’s capital aglow in the lights of fireworks, beat with the history of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Dr. King.
Instead, Trump’s heart is filled with pride in himself. That’s why his rally apparatus will be occluding the view of the very memorial he will speak in front of, blocking off spectators from visiting as they might have, preventing them from even seeing the history that our nation’s capital has set in stone.
Looks like some of the seating and rally-style big screen TV’s are going up for Trump’s July 4th event at the Lincoln Memorial. Bike racks in place to keep most folks out of this area. Some views of the Memorial will be obstructed by the equipment. pic.twitter.com/MGMAXIWOal
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) July 2, 2019
Televisions, so that his face and voice might be amplified to the crowd. Steel barriers to keep away those who question him. It’s small wonder that he admires North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un so much — he’s basically fashioning his presidency after Kim’s own style.
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