Trump moves DC July 4 fireworks display, plans to deliver remarks

[left-of-center2012]

President Trump has reportedly taken a personal interest in his administration's plan for July 4 celebrations in Washington D.C., and has notified city officials of plans to potentially alter the yearly celebration with a personal address.

The Washington Post reported Friday that plans are in the works for Trump to address the nation from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, while moving the city's traditional fireworks display from the steps of the Capitol Reflecting Pool to nearby West Potomac Park.

The administration reportedly contends that moving the fireworks display will allow more visitors to attend the celebrations, on which top aides reportedly told the Post the president has requested regular briefings and plans to focus around an address from himself.

The news was criticized by Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, which oversees the Interior Department which Trump has reportedly tasked with carrying out the celebration.

“It’s not about any one president. It’s about how our nation came to be, because of a hardy band of brave men and women,” McCollum told the Post. “It’s not about any one person, it’s about ‘We, the people.’ And if the president moves to make this about him, I think he will find the America public disappointed and angered by it.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/443226-trump-moves-dc-july-4-fireworks-display-plans-to-deliver-remarks

[KewlKat]

1. the only remarks i want to hear come out of his mouth is "I resign"

[spanone]

2. He's taking a non-partisan national holiday and turning it into a campaign ad....

goddamn him

[left-of-center2012]

5. Imagine ...

Trump trying to recreate Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech at the Lincoln Memorial,
and toss in waving flags and fireworks.

Paid with our tax dollars.

[Dr Vegas]

3. When not just rename it..,

"Triumph of the Will"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_of_the_Will

[Shrike47]

4. Either they try to screen the audience or everyone, including critics, gets in for a change.

Think how much fun it would be to boo him and yell ‘liar’ where he can hear it.

[Patterson]

6. Is this the same celebration PBS airs every year?

[bullwinkle428]

7. So he's turning it into MAGA-palooza??

[Totally Tunsie]

8. "Everything tRump Touches Dies"

He finds a way to ruin every event that we have come to enjoy and appreciate. It'll be the same ol' blah blah blah that he expounds at every one of his miserable rallies, just with a larger, more captive audience and covered by the MSM, not just Faux News.

Dare we wish for an errant firecracker or two?

[struggle4progress]

9. "And then I'll sign the Declaration of Independence, just like George Washington and Robert E Lee!"

[Buns_of_Fire]

10. They won't let him throw a parade in his own honor, so he'll just co-opt this.

I can't imagine that the Secret Service is thrilled over the prospect of protecting his fat ass on a day when random firecrackers are the norm.

[DesertRat]

11. It will be nothing more than a Trump rally

Link to tweet

[HipChick]

12. I hope DC finds a way to shut him down...

[Bettie]

13. So, he's going to turn the 4th into

one of his hate rallies.

'Murika...just no.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. Trump's like the obnoxious drunk

Who crashes a party.