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The Fourth of July marks a momentous occasion for the US – 250 years of independence – but somehow Donald Trump has managed to make it all about himself. The Guardian's Washington bureau chief David Smith analyses how Trump has hijacked America's 250th and how instead the event should have been cause for a unifying celebration Donald Trump hijacked America’s 250 and turned it into a ‘theatre of the absurd’ Only Donald Trump could make America’s special 250th birthday all about him Continue reading...
David Smith John Farrell · Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 1:55 PM
US news | The Guardian
The Fourth of July marks a momentous occasion for the US – 250 years of independence – but somehow Donald Trump has managed to make it all about himself. The Guardian's Washington bureau chief David Smith analyses how Trump has hijacked America's 250th and how instead the event should have been cause for a unifying celebration
Donald Trump hijacked America’s 250 and turned it into a ‘theatre of the absurd’
Only Donald Trump could make America’s special 250th birthday all about him
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