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spanone

(135,844 posts)
Tue Jul 2, 2019, 11:17 PM Jul 2019

Donald Trump is staging a 4th of July takeover

(CNN)The reality TV president wasn't made for PBS and the Fourth of July will prove it yet again.

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
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Donald Trump is staging a 4th of July takeover (Original Post) spanone Jul 2019 OP
Perhaps literally. orangecrush Jul 2019 #1
It will bomb. smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #2
Surely he will comply with your wishes... dchill Jul 2019 #9
They aren't just my wishes. smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #10
Oh, believe me, I'm there. dchill Jul 2019 #11
Trump ruins everything. madaboutharry Jul 2019 #3
it's already beyond partisan, anyone think those vip tickets are going to democrats? spanone Jul 2019 #4
what about music? Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2019 #5
I once went to the Capitol 4th-- the Beach Boys (what was left of them) played dawg day Jul 2019 #6
He will be using footage of protests randr Jul 2019 #7
Yup... 2naSalit Jul 2019 #8
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
2. It will bomb.
Tue Jul 2, 2019, 11:24 PM
Jul 2019

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.

spanone

(135,844 posts)
4. it's already beyond partisan, anyone think those vip tickets are going to democrats?
Tue Jul 2, 2019, 11:26 PM
Jul 2019

donors will donate

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
6. I once went to the Capitol 4th-- the Beach Boys (what was left of them) played
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 12:00 AM
Jul 2019

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

(12,412 posts)
7. He will be using footage of protests
Wed Jul 3, 2019, 12:26 AM
Jul 2019

with patriotic background for campaign. The whole event is staged for nefarious reasons at tax payers expense.

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