“Two and a half million dollars might not seem like a lot to this administration, but to a national park it’s everything,” says National Parks Conservation Association CEO Theresa Piern…
The celebration will also feature a 35-minute fireworks show that will project an American flag and the letters “U.S.A.” across the sky, as well as a series of military flyovers featuring the Blue Angels, Marine One, Air Force One, and other aircraft. According to the, the White House is even trying to convince the NPS to let it project scenes from the Apollo 11 moon landing onto the Washington Monument, which would violate NPS policy by altering the state of the monument. “Big 4th of July in D.
Not only is Trump unconcerned with the exorbitant cost of the event, he’s doesn’t seem to mind politicizing it. The White House reportedly provided VIP tickets to the Republican National Committee and Republican Party donors, while freezing out the Democratic National Committee. The president’s speech from the Lincoln Memorial also isn’t likely to be much different from the ones he’s delivered at his campaign rallies, which means it’s likely to include several attacks against Democrats.
Trump’s address on the Fourth of July will come less than a week after the president praised Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un — three of the world’s most prominent opponents of the tenets of liberal democracy on which America was founded.
As of Wednesday afternoon, scattered thunderstorms are in the forecast for Washington, D.C., when the celebration is scheduled to take place.
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