Trump pushed ahead with an elaborate Fourth of July production with him at the center, as critics accused him of hijacking a nonpartisan celebration of America’s Independence Day
WASHINGTON - U.S. military armored vehicles stood near Washington’s majestic Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday as President Donald .
The scale, cost and partisan tone of the show being managed by the former reality TV personality turned Republican politician came under attack from critics, injecting Washington’s divisive politics into a national holiday. Democrats have accused Trump of using taxpayer money to mount a political rally, and some commentators have raised concerns about the politicization of the military. The White House said the president will focus his remarks on patriotism, not politics.
That money is supposed to be used to maintain national parks such as the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone, said Phil Francis, head of the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks, a group that works in support of national parks. Democratic Representative Betty McCollum, who oversees the Park Service’s budget as head of a House of Representatives subcommittee, accused Trump of “hijacking the celebration and twisting it into a taxpayer-funded, partisan political rally” and vowed to investigate whether taxpayer money was being misused.“Using National Park entrance fees to pay for this display of pageantry is absolutely outrageous,” McCollum said in a statement.
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