America’s Birthday Isn’t About Trump
Trump and his critics are making the president the focus of the country’s 250th anniversary. But Americans have so much more to celebrate.
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America’s Birthday Isn’t About Trump“Americans sometimes lose ourselves in the politics of the day and forget what makes this place so extraordinary,” write our editors. (Bill Brett/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)Trump and his critics are making the president the focus of the country’s 250th anniversary. But Americans have so much more to celebrate.By The Editors06.16.26No description available.FOLLOW TOPIC --:----:--Upgrade to ListenProduced by ElevenLabs using AI narration5READ IN APPIn the run-up to America’s 250th birthday, we thought President Donald Trump risked peaking early by hosting an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bonanza on the White House lawn on Sunday. It turns out we were wrong.
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