Chuck Todd: Trump 'ruined' July 4 celebration in DC

Chuck Todd Blasts Trump For Ruining the ‘American Brand’

Chuck Todd went off on President Donald Trump and how he turned the nation’s 250th birthday celebrations into his “own personal political rally. A celebration of the country made to orbit one man.”

Opinion: How Trump’s Very First Rally Eerily Foreshadowed His July 4 MAGA Takeover

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/ReutersOn Saturday night, Donald Trump will take over the National Mall to turn the nation’s 250th birthday party into a celebration of himself.“We are going to host the most spectacular TRUMP RALLY of them all, a ‘TRIBUTE TO AMERICA,’” he announced on Truth Social.The event—which is to end with what Trump is hyping as the “largest fireworks show in history”—will be the most grandiose of the 80-year-old’s self-celebrating rallies, whose history now stretches back nearly four decades.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Trump ruins everything

While the reality TV version of Donald Trump would have put on the best semiquincentennial celebration ever, the real one is putting on a combination of banal partisan rally and D- underfunded county fair: I stopped by the Great American State Fair on Tuesday. The website listed the day’s theme as “Innovation, Technology Progress.” [] The post Trump ruins everything appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.

Donnie’s Fourth To Faceplant

At least that’s what it’s looking like in the run-up to America’s 250th birthday. There is a very real fear that the “birthday party”, which Trump hijacked from the states and the original birthday organization, is going to scream downhill into the abyss. It would serve him right. He doesn’t have it anymore. His lame

'I went to Donald Trump's new $14M Reflecting Pool, and 1 thing surprised me’

EXCLUSIVE: After months of Trump boasting and bragging about how wonderful the new Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool would be, and then week of algae-filled chaos, I took a trip to Washington, D.C. to see what the fuss was all about

America at a Crossroads

Celebration of America’s 250th anniversary has been, I think, muted. President Trump has tried to clean up Washington, D.C., for the occasion, and has sponsored various festivities. But Democrats have actively opposed his cleanup efforts, so we have the absurd spectacle of Democrats cheering on the algae in the Reflecting Pool. And they have largely boycotted the celebrations. Many have compared the enthusiasm and good cheer with which our Bicentennial

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Trump's Great American State Fair is "kind of rubbish"

Donald Trump's Great American State Fair, that 16-day celebration of all things America currently underway at the National Mall, kicked off this weekend not with a bang, but with something more akin to a whimper. The fair, which Jason Weisberger here at Boing Boing likened to a Spirit Halloween installed inside a failing megachurch, is currently limping along, according to many of the hilarious eyewitness accounts from folks who have suffered through a visit so that we don't have to. — Read the rest The post Trump's Great American State Fair is kind of rubbish appeared first on Boing Boing.

Live updates: Trump to headline Mount Rushmore's celebrations

People across the country are preparing to celebrate America's 250th birthday this weekend — a process that has been made more challenging as event organizers scramble to deal with the extreme heat. President Trump is headed to South Dakota late on Friday, where he's expected to make remarks at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial and...

Bounce and Seethe: Chuck Toddler Throws Tantrum Over Trump-Led July Fourth America 250 Celebration

Bounce and Seethe: Chuck Toddler Throws Tantrum Over Trump-Led July Fourth America 250 Celebration

Trump Having The Great American State Fair/4th Of July/America's 250th Birthday He Deserves

Oh man, this weekend is going to be humiliating.

Americans celebrate July 4th, Trump to address DC crowds: Live updates

President Donald Trump will deliver remarks ahead of a historic fireworks celebration in Washington, DC to mark America's 250 anniversary. Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/usa250/2026/07/04/america-250-july-4th-celebrations-updates--live/90736882007/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube Sign up for our newsletter for the day's top stories, from sports to movies to politics to world events: https://profile.usatoday.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/

LIVE: Trump hosts ‘The Great American State Fair’ for America’s 250th anniversary

Watch live from Washington as President Donald Trump hosts the Great American State Fair Kick-Off Celebration on the National Mall ahead of America's 250th birthday. #trump

Trump’s patriotism shines through with brutal attack against communism

Sky News host Danica De Giorgio reacts to United States President Donald Trump’s recent speech celebrating America’s 250th birthday. “Huge celebrations over in America at the weekend for the 250th anniversary,” Ms De Giorgio said. “I did note that President Donald Trump, he marked this occasion on the eve of the anniversary with quite a patriotic address at Mount Rushmore, declaring that the United States is the most exceptional nation ever to exist. “He’s vowed that it would never be a communist country … what version of history is being pushed by those, particularly on the left?”

US President Trump Returns to White House Ahead of America’s 250th Anniversary Celebration | Dawn

US President Donald Trump has returned to the White House ahead of America's 250th anniversary celebrations, marking the beginning of events commemorating 250 years since the nation's founding. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dawn News English is your window into the latest news, insight, and features from South Asia and beyond. Website: www.dawn.com Official Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/dawnnewsenglish Official Twitter: https://x.com/dawnnewsenglish Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dawnnewsenglish #donaldtrump #trump #whitehouse #america250 #uspolitics #independenceday #usa #BreakingNews #worldnews #dawnnews #news #latestnews #dawnnewsenglish #dawnnews

Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani Offer Starkly Different Visions for America’s 250th Birthday

WASHINGTON — The celebration of America’s 250th birthday has become the backdrop for a fierce ideological showdown, as President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered starkly contrasting Fourth of July addresses. While the nation marked its semiquincentennial with patriotic festivities, the two prominent political figures used the historic milestone to outline []

For America’s 250th, Trump Hosts a Celebration and Derides His Foes

An hour before midnight on the Fourth of July, President Trump appeared on the National Mall to give a speech that blended American history, tales of old war heroes, happy patriotic talk and a handful of political chum. As he did one night earlier at Mount Rushmore, Mr. Trump used the nation’s birthday to scaremonger []

LIVE UPDATES: Trump Hosts 250th Birthday Celebration For America From Nation’s Capital

LIVE UPDATES: Trump Hosts 250th Birthday Celebration For America From Nation’s Capital

Trump's busy day with a plane, train, automobile and horses

CNN's @jeffzeleny reports on President Trump's trip to North Dakota for an America 250 celebration.

Politico Party Pooper: Trump's America 250 Celebration Will Pollute DC, You Know

Politico Party Pooper: Trump's America 250 Celebration Will Pollute DC, You Know

Tim Walz’s jab at Trump over Reflecting Pool draws fraud scandal backlash: 'Sit this one out'

Gov. Tim Walz's viral jab at Trump over the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool cleanup drew conservative blowback pointing to Minnesota's fraud scandal.

Trump teases ‘rally to America’ event on National Mall Wednesday ahead of nation’s 250

President Donald Trump previewed the upcoming “Rally to America” event on the National Mall in a video message Tuesday, reminding Americans that he will headline the celebration, which will mark the grand opening of the Great American State Fair. The event will take place Wednesday night, ahead of Thursday’s fair. The fair, which spans June []...Click to read more

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Four nuclear reactors hit a big milestone in the US

I was really looking forward to July 4, and not just because I love a poolside barbecue. This year the American holiday also marked a big symbolic deadline for US nuclear power. Last year the Trump administration set a goal to see three new microreactors achieve criticality, a technical milestone establishing that a reactor can

AFP-SD Thanks President Trump for Mount Rushmore Visit, Celebrates American Values ahead of July 4th

Pierre, SD – Americans for Prosperity-South Dakota (AFP-SD) welcomed President Trump to the state Friday for the fireworks display at Mount Rushmore, part of the nationwide celebrations for our country’s 250th birthday. AFP-SD State Director Jennifer Beving released the following statement: “We’d like to thank President Trump for visiting our great state and helping celebrate our independence at one of our country’s most [] The post AFP-SD Thanks President Trump for Mount Rushmore Visit, Celebrates American Values ahead of July 4th appeared first on Americans for Prosperity.

A Guided Tour of Donald Trump’s Renovated Washington, DC

Trump has remade the nation’s capitol in his own image. Ahead of the Fourth of July, WIRED guides you through the dizzying effects of DC’s makeover.

Trump settles for July 4 eve flyovers and fireworks at Mount Rushmore

The president has floated adding his face to the national memorial. On Fourth of July eve, he will at least get to stand in front of it. The post Trump settles for July 4 eve flyovers and fireworks at Mount Rushmore appeared first on MS NOW.

What Makes America Great Was on Display in D.C. — Just Not at Trump’s Celebration

The president's Fourth of July festivities were a mess

President Donald Trump Makes 'Threesome' Joke About Sons Eric and Don Jr.

President Donald Trump is raising eyebrows for his latest joke involving his sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. While attending the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota on Wednesday, July 1, the commander in chief, 80, expressed his wishes to one day receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. “Now, as []

U.S. turns 250 with Trump center stage

The birthday was marked with parades, flyovers and fireworks to come, as President Donald Trump stamped his mark on the landmark anniversary.