America's Fourth of July? Or Donald Trump's?
By CNN
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Ten years ago, Congress created and funded a bipartisan organization, America 250, to plan and execute celebrations across the country. Those are still going on, but President Trump wanted something else. The White House, after staffing disagreements, set up Freedom 250 — a separate, public/private entity — to do things more to his liking, It seems predictable that, rather than a Fourth of July celebration for Americans of all political persuasions, he’s advertising the massive fireworks display on the National Mall as “the most spectacular TRUMP RALLY of them all, a ‘TRIBUTE TO AMERICA.’” Abby Phillip's "NewsNight" panel debates the nature of the planned celebrations, and Kaitlan Collins goes inside the Great American State Fair on Washington's National Mall. 0:00 Did Freedom 250 commit wire fraud? 1:22 Davis: "With Trump being president, anything he does becomes political" 5:45 Egbewole "We do have a problem of feeling pessimistic about being American" 6:21 "The criticism of [the G
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