While most presidents have steered clear of 4th of July festivities to avoid politicizing the day, Trump has been personally involved in the details of the planning — much to the frustration of local officials and residents in D.C.
Tanks and other military vehicles in Washington on Tuesday. President Trump asked the Pentagon for military hardware, including tanks, to be displayed during the Fourth of July celebration on the National Mall.
Unlike previous years when thousands of D.C. residents and tourists braved the typically hot, muggy weather to picnic on the Mall and watch the annual fireworks show, this year’s event was decidedly more political. When an evening thunderstorm drenched the mall, demonstrators huddled under tents singing “We Shall Overcome.”
Local officials in Washington have long resisted Trump’s efforts for a military parade, citing among other things the potential damage to city streets from rumbling tanks. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton , a nonvoting House member who represents the district, called Trump’s event a logistical “nightmare.”
“It’s likely that his supporters and political allies plan to descend on his hotel around the holiday, which would come as no surprise, given that no modern president has so blatantly profited from his political position before, or centered the 4th of July celebration so squarely around himself,” CREW digital communications associate Linnaea Honl-Stuenkel wrote on the group’s website.
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