Mainstream media and media pundits accused President of ruining America 250 and July 4 celebrations over the last week, even prior to nationwide celebrations.
A direct example came on Friday when The New York Times opinion writer Robin Givhan wrote her op-ed titled “Trump Ruined the Fourth of July for Me.”
“But this year, I can barely tolerate the sight of red, white and blue,” Givhan wrote. “When combined into a maximalist display of nationalist cheerleading, the colors make my heart ache. The flags on federal buildings are grand, but they hang alongside banners featuring President Trumps scowling face.”Â
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The negative sentiment against Trump was also present in an article from The Atlantic on Wednesday. Staff writer Anne Applebaum described how Trump “inevitably” had “destroyed the nations 250th-anniversary celebrations” based on his partisan stance.
“This year is different, because the is inhabited by people who dont believe in the ‘abstractions’ that we usually celebrate on the Fourth of July,” Applebaum wrote. “And this affects the rest of us, whether we want it to or not. Congresss celebration, planned for a decade, has been usurped by the presidents celebration, funded by private donors and featuring a political speech by himself. Other institutions in and around Washington postponed or reduced their 250th celebrations, so as not to get in the way of the president. Many people who might have participated will not attend, pay attention, or care.”
Though less critical, The Washington Post reporters Natalie Allison and Cleve R. Wootson Jr. made similar comments in their piece on Saturday, claiming that Trump had made himself “central” to the celebration.
“As he has throughout the anniversary celebration, Trump cast himself as central to the story he wants the country to tell about itself: that America was diminished before him, revived by him and is now celebrating its founding through his restoration â a promised ‘Golden Age.’ At Mount Rushmore on Friday night, he told the crowd that he ‘saved, almost single-handedly,’ the Second Amendment and that he was going to ‘give our country its identity back,'” they wrote.
Former NBC host Chuck Todd was more livid at Trump’s role in the America 250 celebrations during his show on Saturday. Todd went as far as to claim that Trump not only ruined July 4 celebrations but the image of America itself.
“Trumps doing all of us a favor by selfishly trying to steal this anniversary from us. We now see who he really is. So no, its not the celebration we deserve. Its not the one we could have had. But we get a mirror, and the mirror is telling us something. The country is a lot bigger than Donald Trump. It is bigger than any president, and its obviously bigger than any political party. And theres no one definition of patriotism,” Todd said.
He continued, “But it still needs leaders who understand that it still needs citizens who insist on it. And it still needs people willing to say that the national story belongs to all of us, not just whoever happens to hold power at any one moment. America at 250 may be a lost opportunity. Donal
