Trump announces 4th of July party, preemptively declares it 'one of the biggest gatherings in the history of Washington'

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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:

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The one truly new element of Trump's plans appears to be his own speech. Washington already has annual fireworks displays for the Fourth of July, as well as entertainment including the National Independence Day Parade and "A Capitol Fourth," an outdoor concert with performances from military bands, celebrities, the National Symphony Orchestra.

Trump previously teased the possibility of an Independence Day event earlier this month, apparently as a substitute for the military parade idea which has fascinated him since a 2017 trip to Paris — and which comes with a $92 million price tag.

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.