Hold the Date! Trump announces July 4th Huge Celebration!

[carlv_52]

The President is preparing to ascend to the review stand. I’m inspired already. MAGA! Personally, I prefer royal blue to compliment the President’s complexion and hair.

This color (below) would work better for Obama, IMO. But this outfit may be the summer uniform and a darker one will be made for winter campaigns.

Portrait courtesy medium.com

It's the shades that make the look. Really gives it that Qadaffi vibe!

 

[carlv_52]

I love the idea.

Makes the supporters happy and causes drama to the haters.

It's hard not to love a celebration of America on July 4th...but Trump (with his amazing love for all dictators he meets) has somehow kinda made this feel more like a North Korean or Soviet-era military parade.

Their emotional machinations show The world who they really are

You mean people who DON'T want to turn America into North Korea or a Russian client state?

I'll cop to that.

 

[Tanj]

If both sides would just shut up throwing barbs at each other. It would be better.

I love the idea.
Makes the supporters happy and causes drama to the haters.
Their emotional machinations show The world who they really are

Anyway, for my own 2c. I wonder what brand of bread is coming with this circus.

 

[PeachyKeane]

Did I say that?

No I did not, so why do you think it starts with someone else?

Because I think you'd be perfectly content to keep throwung barbs at the other side.

 

[Pommer]

One wonders if the Reichstag will be safe from fire, during this spectacle.

 

[Fantine]

Is President Trump trying to hijack the Independence Day celebration on the National Mall by turning it into a taxpayer-funded campaign rally? If he does, the Trump administration will violate federal appropriations law and the Hatch Act. In that case, Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale had better have the campaign’s checkbook handy and be ready to write plenty of zeros. How Trump's 4th of July Hijacking Could Violate the Hatch Act - CREW

*staff edit*

While wild horses couldn't drag me to the TV to watch this narcissistic display, I will look forward to his receiving a multi-million dollar invoice for violating the Hatch Act. Sigh....

 

[essentialsaltes]

I will look forward to his receiving a multi-million dollar invoice for violating the Hatch Act.

I believe the president and VP are exempt from the Hatch Act, although that may not extend to all of the many public servants who are being tasked with this partisan nonsense.

 

[Allandavid]

To the US friends I have gathered on this site, may I wish you a joyous and peaceful commemoration of your magnificent 240+ year experiment in democracy....

(I can almost smell that barbecue Cow...!)

 

[Lost4words]

Bet its going to be VERY EXPENSIVE

 

[Pommer]

Bet its going to be VERY EXPENSIVE

Like thirty trips to Mar-A-Lago!

 

[Kentonio]

Their emotional machinations show The world who they really are

The world thinks your president and his administration are a contemptible joke, which is why he was openly laughed at by the UN. You should probably stick to caring about what your fellow Republicans think instead.

 

[essentialsaltes]

The troops have been given their talking orders. For all I know, this is SOP, but in the current context, it's pretty creepy.

 

[wing2000]

The troops have been given their talking orders. For all I know, this is SOP, but in the current context, it's pretty creepy.

The Army should share with the Commander n Chief (not that it would make any difference).

 

[zephcom]

The troops have been given their talking orders. For all I know, this is SOP, but in the current context, it's pretty creepy.

<Heh heh> I like the one which says "Do...use simple sentences".

The Military must already know that only Republicans will be there.

 

[carlv_52]

The troops have been given their talking orders. For all I know, this is SOP, but in the current context, it's pretty creepy.

A lot of those suggestions are quite helpful! Don't use acronyms or jargon, remember the microphones are ALWAYS on, etc. Sure it's weird to have to tell people to say they are proud to be military etc. but that's the game, right?

If I want to say anything on a blog under my own name about the company I work for I have to assume that my "opinions" would be visible to my employer and I should comport myself accordingly. Shouldn't slag the company. (Not that I don't do my fair share of complaining about my employer as most human beings do, but not in any sort of official large-scale capacity).

I feel it's disrespectful to the military men and women to have elected a leader who is so manifestly bad for the position, but that's on us as the electorate. Not the men and women who serve.

 

[Albion]

It's hard not to love a celebration of America on July 4th...but Trump (with his amazing love for all dictators he meets) has somehow kinda made this feel more like a North Korean or Soviet-era military parade.

As usual, the claim sounds alarming to people who do not know that most other presidents did the same exact thing and it was taken for granted by the public.

 

[carlv_52]

As usual, the claim sounds alarming to people who do not know that most other presidents did the same exact thing and it was taken for granted by the public.

I agree, with the modest exception that Truman wasn't seemingly in love with Stalin. Or that FDR wasn't always lauding Hitler on his perspicacity.

Trump's actions are taken in the context of a man who has never said a hurtful word to Putin in public but has publicly excoriated almost all of our allies. Trump never served in the military yet loves the whole apparatus, unless the generals disagree with him at which point they are dumber than he is. Trump also seems to be like a little boy who just wants to see big medals and big guns and "invisible" airplanes.

If this expense is important enough to Americans, fine. Just don't tell us we can't afford social services or we can't afford to provide food stamps, or we can't afford to provide soap and toothpaste to our prisoners on the Southern Border.

 

[Albion]

I agree, with the modest exception that Truman wasn't seemingly in love with Stalin. Or that FDR wasn't always lauding Hitler on his perspicacity.

So, no exception.

 

[wing2000]

As usual, the claim sounds alarming to people who do not know that most other presidents did the same exact thing and it was taken for granted by the public.

Enlighten us.

 

[cow451]

Anyway, for my own 2c. I wonder what brand of bread is coming with this circus.

Sourdough