Happy 250th birthday to us! For me, it would have been more joyous if it didn’t happen during Donald Trump’s reign. Imagine how big and spectacular it would have been under any other president. Big promises from Trump. He spends 86 million on his Great American State Fair with no entertainment left for the opening because all the entertainers dropped out. He replaced them with a rally run by him. Did you notice his small crowd where half the people were leaving (even the MAGAs) after a few minutes of his blather? I guess they’d rather visit the shoddy, cracking, goo spewing displays, a Ferris wheel that barely works or pick up a nine-dollar bottle of water. At least the fireworks were great.
So where did the 86 million go? It seems to have ended up with Trump’s business associates who were awarded no bid contracts and kickbacks to Trump. It was interesting to see video of Trump’s America 250 stage falling apart over the heads of the performers. Must be the liberal democrat vandals at work again. On top of what Donny got from this 250-celebrationscam, he hauled in about $1.2 billion from crypto businesses while people who bought his phony Trump coin lost about $3.81 billion
Did you hear about his other illegal scam? Groups were donating to what they thought was the official Celebration of America fund, but Trump allegedly switched the address on the website so the donations went into his American Fair fund instead. This actually added $100 million more, technically, to spend on his fair, i.e., put in his pocket. Everything Fair connected looks as if it cost no more than 38 cents and was assembled by weasels.
The Chief MAGA man has been ranting about the Obamas again, probably because the Obama Presidential Center opening attracted A-list talent and bigger crowds than his self-serving rally did. Poor little Donny.
It’s fortunate that individual states and other generous organizations have put together their own 250th Birthday of America tributes. Watching A Capitol Fourth and other celebrations on PBS gave me hope and pulled me out of the depression I was feeling because with Trump’s involvement, the official Fourth of July celebration turned out to be a look-how-great-I-am disaster, like anything in which he becomes involved. It was nice to watch other real Americans celebrate without the specter of Trump’s mug hanging over them.
Texas (where else?) GOP Representative Troy Nehls said he will be celebrating the holiday with a lobster tail and steak barbeque at his home with friends. When a reporter asked him how he felt about the 60% of Americans who couldn’t afford lobster tails and ribeyes, he replied that maybe the 60% of Americans don’t work as hard as he did. Is there anyone out there who believes congress works hard for pay and benefits?
Let’s not forget the failed Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation. Even though in a little more than a week it was breeding primordial life and alligators, Donny T.’s own U.S. attorney, Jeanine Pirro freaked out and charged former Olympian David Hearn with vandalism for sticking his hand in the pool to touch a piece of the peeling blue whatever and traumatizing the primordial life forms in an effort to take the blame off the Trump and his cronies.
Hearn’s lucky a mud shark didn’t get him. I admit that if I (being a curious guy or just a nosy one) were walking by, with a tremendous risk to life and limb, probably would have bravely done the same thing. Pirro claims he did at least a thousand dollars worth of damage. Really? How many dollars worth of damage has Trump done to the country?
And please, I beg you, beware of the explosive diarrhea illness plaguing America, falsely claimed to be part of the America 250 celebration. It’s actually caused by a parasite found in produce. If you plan on eating fresh fruits and veggies, be sure to wear your Kevlar underwear to prevent collateral damage.
Forget about all of it. Eat some birthday cake and celebrate!