Spectators are picking apart Donald Trump‘s Independence Day celebration for casting a film of disgrace upon the capital.
Trump, 80, claims he cleaned up Washington, D.C., with his gaudy renovations.
But one look around the city shows a trail of waste and destruction, and the evidence is brutal.
Proof of the Trump Freedom 250 bash contradicts his boastful account of bringing America back from the brink of ruin, and social media users are exposing every mound of filth.
The administration teased that Trump would share a special July Fourth message to America when he graced the stage located at the Great American State Fair.
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Trump’s speech was scheduled to begin at 9 p.m., but weather delays and a mandated evacuation of the National Mall caused a two-hour delay.
“We had the biggest crowd anyone has ever seen,” said Trump of the turnout during a July 6 White House press conference.
“Everybody said, ‘Well, we’ll do it another time. When I heard that, I said, ‘No, we won’t.’ Everybody had left. I said, ‘We’re not doing it another time. We’re doing it on the Fourth of July.’ … When we came back, they had 150,000 people come back… I think the 150,000 was more impressive than the 425 or whatever it was,” he continued.
Trump stood before the remaining crowd at 11:15 p.m., 15 minutes after the pyrotechnics spectacle was originally slated to begin. Onlookers watched as he rambled and tripped over his words, like replacing “voters” with “motors” and “immortal” with “immortable.”
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt previously promised that after his remarks, an unforgettable fireworks show would light up the sky.
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This much is true, depending on the viewpoint.
Some people witnessed a cloudy mess of colorful flares in the sky, and others saw a clear view of the rainbow of explosives.
What no one can debate is that Trump left his mark on the city well after the smoke cleared.
Leaked photos and videos exposed the dirty aftermath of throngs of people and fireworks piled into D.C.
Multiple clips showed the area surrounding the National Mall littered with garbage and overflowing trash cans.
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was covered with fallen debris from pyrotechnics ignited beside it. Crews attempted to limit the cleanup by covering the monument with a net.
Reactions to the mess on social media include the following:
“You can always tell where M A G A has been.”
“You know Trump thinks he is cleaning up DC but all he did this weekend was bring in more trash.”
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“So disgusting and totally indicative of what trump is doing to America.”
“Total disrespect for our capital city and our planet . Absolute pigs!!!”
While two others harped over the worsening reflecting pool. One wrote, “So they trashed and polluted the reflecting pool more.”
Another said, “This frickin pool was fine for decades and now is just a hot mess of embarrassment. Hmmmmm think of that analogy.”
The Lincoln Reflecting Pool monument has been closed to the public for days due to peeling paint in the basin and algae overgrowth.
One person decried, “Washington, DC has never looked as bad as it has in the past few months—and it’s not just the reflecting pool.”
When the Trump administration launched its Freedom 250 campaign, they hoped it would be an unprecedented showcase of patriotism.
Instead, it has corroded their facade as the most successful presidency in history.
Take, for instance, the Great American State Fair, a 16-day festival that has been plagued with embarrassment after embarrassment.
The first sign of disorder unfolded when multiple artists backed out of a lineup of performances. As a result, Trump was forced to step in to headline the June 24 kickoff.
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Visitors’ humiliating photos show mock structures poorly covered in cloth to match D.C.’s architectural aesthetic.
The administration insists on promoting it as a draw-in for crowds, but groups have been sparse except for Trump’s June 24 and July Fourth appearances.
The misspelling of “freeedom,” people diving into a baptism pool to cool off, panels crashing to the ground as performers rehearsed on stage, and a loss of power to the Ferris wheel are just a few of the issues exposed online.
The fair ends on July 10, meaning there is still time left for more mishaps to unfold.
