July 4, 2019

George Washington Would Hate Trump’s July 4 Parade

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/03/opinion/july-4th-parade-trump.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage&fbclid=IwAR3FWRqWVvpVNXVvvx0k2F4lprTwB4WvMST494dLCA2qIkedv75j0O0vEa4
"All Americans should be appalled. Even during an era of extreme hyperbole, the unabashed narcissism driving the parade plans is astonishing. It runs counter to the explicit aims and faith of the ordinary Americans who founded the United States. The focus on a single leader — on the construction of a cult of personality — would have incensed the men and women who sacrificed so much to create a new nation."