At least that’s what it’s looking like in the run-up to America’s 250th birthday. There is a very real fear that the “birthday party”, which Trump hijacked from the states and the original birthday organization, is going to scream downhill into the abyss. It would serve him right. He doesn’t have it anymore. His lame duck status continues to get worse. People don’t care about him much. And after what he did to screw up the country’s celebration, well, what goes around comes around. With gratitude for Raw Story:
Fresh off the embarrassment of a sparse crowd at last week’s Great American Start Fair rally on the National Mall, Trump has now trained his focus on July Fourth — an event he’s hyped as the “most unforgettable birthday party any country has ever seen.” But behind closed White House doors, officials are quietly freaking out that nobody will show up. According to CNN, the lackluster attendance at Trump’s previous speech infuriated the president, sparking genuine fears among his staff that Independence Day will be an even more visible flop. Triple-digit heat, tightened security, and a schedule stretching well into Saturday night aren’t exactly drawing cards.
Waah, waah, waah. See those crocodile tears falling. How many of us are enraged that this is going to be a farce of a celebration for a major milestone for our country? As a matter of fact, we’re all likely to avoid it. Maybe watch the Macy’s fireworks or something much more interesting than Trump. The pictures of the lack of crowd will show up soon enough, and that’s about as close as we would want to get. Who wants to deal with security just to see him blather and make the whole thing about him, anyhow?
“I do not understand why we are doing this so late,” one Trump insider told CNN while admitting to an ongoing scramble to fix the timing. “I’m really not sure who thought this was a good idea.” To salvage the optics of a possible repeat from last week at the opening rally, organizers have implemented a ticketing system for the viewing section directly in front of the stage but, CNN is reporting, “… the tickets are free, and another official familiar with the event noted that there is likely to be huge swaths of people who sign up to secure a spot but ultimately don’t show.”
Yes, the more that don’t show, the merrier! Are they going to provide chairs for this extended inanity? People will leave even earlier if they have to stand, especially in the heat. (Another article said the food is overpriced and horrible. Bonus!) We should seriously feel bad for the people who have to man everything, food or rides or exhibits. They’re going to melt. Oh, wait, the rides aren’t working either. There’s just no point in going when you add in all the random factors that make it a waste of time. That is truly sad. No sarcasm intended.
Unlike past Independence Day celebrations, attendees won’t be allowed to bring coolers onto the mall during what’s forecast to be a brutal 100-degree heat wave, the report notes. The massive fireworks display — which organizers are banking will set a new Guinness World Record—won’t even begin until nearly midnight. The president last week implored fans to show up and also lowered expectations, telling rally attendees, “Your favorite president will be speaking. So please show up because if we have two empty seats, you know what’s going to happen? The fake news is going to say, ‘He didn’t fill out the arena.'”
Favorite president? Yea no. He’s not going to “fill” it, period. There are too many factors working against him and the whole planned “what will become a debacle”. No coolers? That’s going to keep a lot of people away, too. There’s not much to see and no rides, horrible food, extreme heat, and Trump yapping. We’ll pass.
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Doesn’t Donnie know we’re on DAYLIGHT saving time? If people actually do show up at 7pm EST (damn, I wish I knew how to format a bold-face S that would display for sure), then by the time the “shindig” actually does begin, they’re liable to have left long before it starts. (7pm EST = 8pm EDT and 7pm EDT = 6 pm EST; remember, kiddies, “spring forward, fall back”–knowledge is power!) That’s one of the reasons most folks don’t bother putting the “S” or “D” in times except around the time-change dates. (There are a handful of areas that don’t observe DST but they’re not close to DC.)