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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 09:14 AM Feb 2019

Trump teases 'Salute to America' on July 4

Source: The Hill




BY JUSTIN WISE - 02/24/19 07:55 AM EST

President Trump on Sunday said his administration would hold one of the "biggest gatherings in the history of Washington, D.C." on July 4.




Trump said earlier this month that he was thinking about putting on a Fourth of July gathering in Washington, D.C., and he suggested that the event could become a "tradition."

“It could be a very exciting day,” Trump said. "It'll be a, really a gathering, as opposed to a parade I guess you'd have to say. Perhaps at the Lincoln Memorial. We're looking at sites. But we're thinking about doing something which would become perhaps, become a tradition, Salute to America, on July 4th or July 4th weekend, somewhere around that area."

The mayor's office said it has not received any information from the White House about the event earlier this month.

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Trump teases 'Salute to America' on July 4 (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2019 OP
Does Trump realize that DC always has a beautiful outdoor concert on the forth?? damn, he is NUTS! riversedge Feb 2019 #1
Every year DC celebrates the 4th with awesome parade, entertainment, fireworks... great gathering lamp_shade Feb 2019 #2
Exactly. MBS Feb 2019 #20
He's going to announce that Lincoln's out Harker Feb 2019 #3
Oh shit, don't give him any ideas! BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #31
He's nearly a laugh... Harker Feb 2019 #34
Fireworks in DC on the Fourth of July? This is unpresidented. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2019 #4
Next edict: A GIFT GIVING HOLIDAY AT THE END OF DECEMBER. forgotmylogin Feb 2019 #33
As long as that orange fuck is in office I'm boycotting the 4th. 47of74 Feb 2019 #5
4th pamdb Feb 2019 #6
The answers to your questions are yes, yes, and yes. N/t Dave Starsky Feb 2019 #14
He's trolling us libs, is my take on it. Canoe52 Feb 2019 #24
He is a HUGE narcissist and that illness is in every word he speaks and action he makes. BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #32
Hold a parade of all those indicted and soon to be indicted SallyHemmings Feb 2019 #7
great idea MissMillie Feb 2019 #11
Here's what he really wants FakeNoose Feb 2019 #8
Am I missing something? padah513 Feb 2019 #9
My theory Harker Feb 2019 #35
Where does he plan on getting the funding procon Feb 2019 #10
Sounds like he just wants to show up and take credit for what would already happen anyway. dameatball Feb 2019 #12
Eric Swalwell chimes in: George II Feb 2019 #13
Pompous Cretin just wants his pathetic egomaniacal military homage. n/t Guilded Lilly Feb 2019 #15
Fucker wants to rebrand the 4th of July and make it his own JDC Feb 2019 #16
Maybe there will be a parade of orange jumpsuits, with him leading the pack, in handcuffs turbinetree Feb 2019 #17
What the fuck does this evil whacko think KPN Feb 2019 #18
And I propose that there should be a holiday in Sept for workers and they get Monday off Bengus81 Feb 2019 #19
He is insufferable. I can only hope is that he eventually chokes on the vomit he sprews. olegramps Feb 2019 #21
Wow! What a forward thinker! What an imagination! Vinca Feb 2019 #22
Is that sarcasm? It's so subtle that I cannot tell. keithbvadu2 Feb 2019 #23
Just in case anyone had thought July 4th had been cancelled this year... nt EarthFirst Feb 2019 #25
We've Faux pas Feb 2019 #26
when Nixon was under fire in early 1970, he and his supporters planned a Fourth of July rally mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2019 #27
I'm going to give Donald Trump credit again. He knows exactly what to say to keep the brain dead WhoWoodaKnew Feb 2019 #28
Friday I saw an MRI of my brain. Cold War Spook Feb 2019 #29
You're assuming he has one. Haggis for Breakfast Feb 2019 #36
So, when will we gain independence from Russia? dalton99a Feb 2019 #30
Fascist trump duforsure Feb 2019 #37

lamp_shade

(14,846 posts)
2. Every year DC celebrates the 4th with awesome parade, entertainment, fireworks... great gathering
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 09:22 AM
Feb 2019

of thousands of people. WTF is he talking about?

MBS

(9,688 posts)
20. Exactly.
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 11:34 AM
Feb 2019

Plus the concert and fireworks are televised NATIONALLY, every single year. (PBS: "A Capitol 4th" ).
Plus there's an annual public dramatic reading of the Declaration of Independence.
Is he really this ignorant and oblivious about these annual traditions, held in DC but broadcast nationally, even after more than 2 years supposedly on the "job"?

He knows NOTHING about this country, and cares nothing about what really has made this country great. As always, it's only about him.

Harker

(14,049 posts)
3. He's going to announce that Lincoln's out
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 09:29 AM
Feb 2019

Last edited Sun Feb 24, 2019, 02:10 PM - Edit history (1)

and that a gigantic Trumpsky is going to be sitting in the chair from now on.

The Great Emancipator meets the Great Appropriator.

BigmanPigman

(51,638 posts)
31. Oh shit, don't give him any ideas!
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 04:15 PM
Feb 2019

Next he'll call a fake national emergency to get funds to build a monument in DC that is the biggest ever...huge! It will cast a shadow over all the other monuments to lesser presidents like Lincoln, Jefferson, and Washington.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,659 posts)
4. Fireworks in DC on the Fourth of July? This is unpresidented.
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 09:35 AM
Feb 2019

He's playing four-dimensional chess, I tell you.

forgotmylogin

(7,539 posts)
33. Next edict: A GIFT GIVING HOLIDAY AT THE END OF DECEMBER.
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 06:14 PM
Feb 2019

McDonald is the guy who stumbles into any party and assumes its in honor of him.

"Save the date - July 4th!" indeed.

 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
5. As long as that orange fuck is in office I'm boycotting the 4th.
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 09:37 AM
Feb 2019

Probably even beyond that too.

The United States who declared independence on July 4, 1776 is dead and gone. All that's left is a hollow shell.

pamdb

(1,332 posts)
6. 4th
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 09:38 AM
Feb 2019

I wish he would stop referring to himself as “your favorite president “ is he that stupid that he thinks if he keeps repeating it it will somehow come true? Or is he really that arrogant. I guess I just answered my own question. July in DC? No thanks.

BigmanPigman

(51,638 posts)
32. He is a HUGE narcissist and that illness is in every word he speaks and action he makes.
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 04:17 PM
Feb 2019

He is mentally ill...sociopath, narcissist and sadist to the Nth degree.

Harker

(14,049 posts)
35. My theory
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 07:52 PM
Feb 2019

is that thinking that far ahead prevents him from becoming morbidly depressed regarding the likelihood of his being ousted beforehand.

procon

(15,805 posts)
10. Where does he plan on getting the funding
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 10:03 AM
Feb 2019

for this little extravaganza? Can Trump call a fireworks show a new national emergency so he can raid the preschoolers milk money program?

dameatball

(7,400 posts)
12. Sounds like he just wants to show up and take credit for what would already happen anyway.
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 10:12 AM
Feb 2019

Another chance to promote himself on someone else's dime.

JDC

(10,135 posts)
16. Fucker wants to rebrand the 4th of July and make it his own
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 11:18 AM
Feb 2019

My previous satirical comment on the subject earlier this month. Almost verbatim.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11813150

I'd be shocked if he doesn't even fuck up my favorite holiday.

Bengus81

(6,936 posts)
19. And I propose that there should be a holiday in Sept for workers and they get Monday off
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 11:28 AM
Feb 2019

How about say....September 2nd??

Vinca

(50,318 posts)
22. Wow! What a forward thinker! What an imagination!
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 12:42 PM
Feb 2019

Why hasn't anyone else come up with the idea of celebrating the 4th of July????

keithbvadu2

(36,949 posts)
23. Is that sarcasm? It's so subtle that I cannot tell.
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 12:51 PM
Feb 2019

Is that sarcasm? It's so subtle that I cannot tell.

(sarcasm thingie goes here)

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,659 posts)
27. when Nixon was under fire in early 1970, he and his supporters planned a Fourth of July rally
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 02:45 PM
Feb 2019
As I noted in my book One Nation Under God, when Nixon was under fire in early 1970, he and his supporters planned a Fourth of July rally at the Lincoln Memorial which they called "Honor America Day."



Despite the Nixon administration's claims that it would be a celebration of national unity, it quickly turned into a partisan fight.

"They ought to be clubbed," one attendee said of nearby hippies who were holding "a marijuana smoke-in"



That evening, Honor America Day shifted to a musical revue hosted by Bob Hope at the base of the Washington Monument.

It quickly turned to chaos, with lighting trucks flipped over in the reflecting pool and the police launching tear gas that then blew back over the crowd.



As I noted there, the organizers soon put out a double album of the evening's events -- with all the protests and chaos edited out of it. Jimmy Stewart did the narration.

You can listen to it all here:


WhoWoodaKnew

(847 posts)
28. I'm going to give Donald Trump credit again. He knows exactly what to say to keep the brain dead
Sun Feb 24, 2019, 03:07 PM
Feb 2019

republicans in line and excited.

All he's really doing is copying Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. Those losers have been manipulating republicans for decades.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
37. Fascist trump
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 08:02 AM
Feb 2019

Always claims the opposite of the truth, and once again doing this while he's attacking Democracy and trying to claim patriotism is just another ruse he's using too make people think he's for our country, when he clearly isn't. He's a fascist dictator willing to do anything to get absolute power any way he can, and destroy each institution from within. The republican party is now the party of hate and fear run by fascists who accept caging and abusing children, attacking minorities and immigrants, and using an enemy dictator 's help in rigging an election for him . He's no patriot, he's a treasonous corrupt career criminal who is a serial liar and con man running a political ponzi scheme using our government to back him up with. The nightmare is almost over. They're closing in on all of them now.

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