There's a Better Way to Celebrate 2019's 4TH of July: Stay Home

What the hell is the Shitgibbon planning now? (hat-tip to Bonnie Kristian at The Week)

President Trump on Twitter early Sunday announced his plans for a big Independence Day party in Washington this year, pledging a personal appearance and preemptively declaring the event one of the city's largest gatherings ever...

This is the point where I break out a bad John Cleese impersonation and shout all: Ah, you see, we've already got one! Oh, yes, it's verra nicea...

I've been there, done that! It's a little thing that our nation's capital's been hosting for some time, usually once every year. I've got pictures to prove it!

Wait this is me at Ft. McHenry the day before back in 2015. (frantically searches backup files)
Well. Crap. I *had* taken pictures, I know I did...

And trump is already declaring the event will be one of DC's largest gatherings ever, just like he promised his Inauguration would break attendance records...

This is posted via New York magazine, I would like the photographer info
to provide proper citation.

Jesus.

Twitter has mostly been humiliating trump all day since this dropped - hey, boss, WE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING PLANNED et al. - but this is trump flailing about to find some grandiose public celebration he can hijack for his own twisted ego.

Don't forget, trump tried to force the military to throw him a Veterans Day parade, similar to all of the grand reviews they like to throw in Europe (and various dictatorships). Aside from the horror of having honest volunteers forced to march in front of a notorious draft dodger, the DoD was able to talk trump out of it due to the high costs - and damage to the roads - such a parade would have created.

This is one of trump's darkest habits: Inserting himself into public events so he can hog the spotlight. He infamously showed up at a charity event for HIV kids, something he never gave money, posed for photos, acted like it was all about him, and drove off. And there's other horror stories similar to that. trump is all about showing up and pretending the event in question is all about him. That's his ego-boost. 

So now trump wants to claim the 4th of July. Granted as President Loser of the Popular Vote, trump could attach himself to the events that are hosted along the National Mall, but it's something few Presidents actually do this day and age to avoid complaints of turning a national holiday into a partisan affair. I can't recall Obama partaking of the events other than doing stuff at the White House and watching fireworks from the rooftop.

But here's trump, wanting to claim the stage, less likely to speak about America the Beautiful and more likely to speak about America's Building My Wall To Keep Furriners Out. On possibly the one day he shouldn't give that kind of speech. /headdesk

And considering how so many musicians and performers are horrified to even be within trump's range of photobombing - his Inauguration was notoriously short on celebrities and acts, even a Springsteen cover band had to drop out due to backlash - if trump actually does take over this year's 4th planning I guarantee a sudden drop in musicians who suddenly find out they're busy that day getting their hair done.

trump is not exactly popular in town, so I doubt the locals will show up if he does. The number of people traveling to Washington DC to partake of the holiday week may well drop: When you consider the pro-trump turnouts tend to the thousands where the anti-trump turnouts tend to the hundreds of thousands, I doubt the MAGA Hat Brigade will save tourism in Washington this July.

If trump tries to make himself the star of our Capital's 4th, we're likely to see the smallest turnout for our nation's birthday since 1814 (you know, the year the Brits showed up and burned the place down as part of the whole War of 1812 thing). It'll be trump, ruining one more thing for peeps.

If you're still patriotic enough to love the United States and stand against trump's destructive ways, do yourself a favor: Celebrate the 4th at home. Celebrate with family and friends. Celebrate with neighbors. Play safe with the fireworks you bought at that tent set-up outside of the nearby Wal-Mart. Don't do anything to watch the 4th from DC. There's a perfectly good broadcast out of Boston or New York, after all.

Just remember: trump is not celebrating America with this stunt. trump wants us to worship him on that stage. The most UNAMERICAN thing you can do...