America Deserves Better for Our Semiquincentennial Birthday

A celebration intended to honor the founding of the United States is rapidly being repackaged as a celebration of Trump himself: his movement, his grievances, his white supremacy, his misogyny, and his power. The Roman emperors understood the deal they were making with the public: bread and circuses. Trump has inverted the formula. He’s keeping the circus and taking away the bread.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.