Trump to rewrite US history for 250th anniversary.

[Goonie]

Historians alarmed as Trump seeks to rewrite US story for 250th anniversary

Ignorance no barrier as president begins to put out approved version of history that ignores American failures

www.theguardian.com

I'm sure it will be neutral and perfectly balanced . Telling the glorious story of how the founding fathers fought to ensure the President had unfettered power without checks and balances.

 

[iluvatar5150]

Historians alarmed as Trump seeks to rewrite US story for 250th anniversary

Ignorance no barrier as president begins to put out approved version of history that ignores American failures

www.theguardian.com

I'm sure it will be neutral and perfectly balanced . Telling the glorious story of how the founding fathers fought to ensure the President had unfettered power without checks and balances.

But wait, when the 1619 Project came out, they said they cared about accurate history.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Just as long as they don't remove the 82nd Airborne's role in securing the airfields during the War of Canadian Aggression during 1812. All American!

 

[keith99]

But wait, when the 1619 Project came out, they said they cared about accurate history.

In Trumpspeak accurate means flattering.

I'm looking forward to Trumps more better history.

 

[Hans Blaster]

Just as long as they don't remove the 82nd Airborne's role in securing the airfields during the War of Canadian Aggression during 1812. All American!

Screaming Eagles!

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Screaming Eagles!

"Don't fire until they give up the ship!"

 

[ThatRobGuy]

So, what exactly is the piece of history he's looking to rewrite?

The bit I saw in the article was:
“He is not now and never has been a student of history, but is basically a restorationist,” said Jonathan Alter, a historian and biographer of several US presidents, including Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama and Franklin Roosevelt. Alter described a “restorationist” as a “political figure who operates on the politics of nostalgia”.

“He’s ignorant of economic history, he’s ignorant of political history. And his idea for the 250 is to use it as a way to celebrate him,” Alter added. “We don’t know yet exactly how he’ll hijack that event next year, but he will certainly try to do so.”

 

[wing2000]

"In the opening video, the college’s president, Larry Arnn – a former research director for Winston’s Churchill official biographer, Sir Martin Gilbert – drew similarities between Lincoln and Trump, citing the current president’s signature slogan “Make America Great Again”.

“He has a famous slogan that I will not repeat here, but everybody knows what it is, and it ends with the word again,” said Arnn, who did not respond to the Guardian’s interview request. “He wants to do something again, something that’s already been done … And it places him somewhere near the politics of Abraham Lincoln.”

In another, perhaps unintended, parallel, Arnn, describing the text of the independence document, recounts how the founding fathers justified the declaration by asserting that King George III “violated his rightful powers by invading the authority of the legislature, which indicates separation of powers would be right, and that he has interfered with representation, our ability to elect our government, which means consent of the governed … and … interfered with the judicial branch”.

America 250

Countdown to America's 250th Anniversary On July 4, 2026, America will celebrate the most important milestone in our country’s history—250 years of

www.whitehouse.gov

“He wants to do something again, something that’s already been done …"

Yes, America, "again" has to stand up to a tyrant.

A tyrant who ignores the orders of the Supreme Court.
A tyrant who assesses taxes (tariffs) without the consent of the people (Congress).
A tyrant who re-allocates funds without the consent of Congress
A tyrant who invokes the Alien and Enemies Act...in a time of peace.
A tyrant who uses the power of the his office to investigate those who speak out against him.