Salute to America: White House scrambling to give away tickets to Donald Trump's 4thofJuly event—Report
reported the administration has been desperately attempting to confirm more attendees for the president's 6:30 p.m. speech during the Fourth of July event at Washington's Lincoln Memorial as they struggle to allocate tickets for the VIP sections.
The Trump administration will be desperate not to have a recurrence of Trump's 2017 inauguration ceremony which, despite White House claims, was attended by far fewer people than Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration. , leaders who will be attending include Acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer, and General Joseph Dunford, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, among others.reported the White House has"been a bit clumsy" in their attempts to give away other passes for the VIP areas, according to officials, meaning large swathes of tickets are still available.
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