Trump hijacks America’s 250th anniversary with a big MAGA party
First there was a large evangelical service on the National Mall in Washington. Then came the violent spectacle of a mixed martial arts fight at the White House that exhausted all metaphors and adjectives. Next Wednesday, the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence will continue with a rally by Donald Trump — a familiar spectacle, but strikingly out of place in the context of commemorating the birth of a nation that is also, or once was, a powerful idea, and whose president intends to turn it into a grand celebration of himself.
