Just not in a complimentary way.

I believe, and fervently hope, that he and his people will stand for all that needs to be addressed and corrected, in order to move our country and its people forward, “ in order to form a more perfect union”.
I’m 80. I don’t expect to live to see it, but I will support in any way I can. In spite of everything, in spite of those greedy imbeciles in Washington, I still believe in my country and what it could and will stand for.

1 - Corruption. Insane amounts of corruption about which the GOP bravely looked the other way
2 - Epstein. Epstein Epstein Epstein.

and our electoral system too. The man should have been in jail in the 1980s for the
millions of dollars of Russian money he laundered through his NYC real estate.

Nobody but Trump and the media are talking or thinking about it and once its over and Trump and the media shut up about it no one will ever think about it again. Like it never happened. I remember the 200 Anniversary and it was special. Partly because it was all inclusive and not a narcissist vanity event, and because before that we didnt have to have a big celebrations at every minor milestone in time. We could have lived just fine with a 200th anniversary celebration and then a 300th. Make it a once in a lifetime event.

"In the heat wave that has consumed most of America, I am cooled by the
country’s frosty reception of the fair, and shamelessly drunk on schadenfreude."

Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh! Very nice.

comment on how Trump's 250 celebration is tacky and poorly attended. But very few talk about how that's the point. He cut corners on entertainment, construction of booths, places to sit, etc. in order to keep the rest of the funds. He ser up cage fights in order to make money off of them.

Then there is the fact that Trump's tastes are innately tacky.

So he puts on tacky programs, makes it all about himself to gratify his insatiable ego, and uses the opportunity to grift.

It was.never about a grand celebration of the country. It was always about sham, cheap programs as fronts for Trump to spew political propaganda about himself, and get attention and money.

and supported by the rich US oligarchs also.

The most tacky thing he did was to marry that last wife.

I know that it's what many people believe.

I there are some things that Trump intentionally degrades out of envy (Kennedy Center) or out of vengeance due to past experiences (mostly people. But I think that a lot of the time his destruction of things is a by product of his totally self-serving greed for money and power. He values nothing but himself, power, and money, so if what he does destroys a physical object, a tradition, someone's life, or the lives of huge numbers of people, he doesn't give a damn, ither than feeling a sadistic, conquering glee at having hurt people.

Since he has no values, he does not care about whether he destroys the nation, its treasures, traditions, or people. He only cares about whether he feels personally hurt or challenged. So he destroys when he or his projected image is personally threatened or challenged, but not for any ideological belief that he must destroy democracy. He destroys democracy principles and values because they are in the way of him having absolute power for himself over everyone and everything.

He destroys DOJ because they charged and prosecuted him for crimes. He destroys the FBI because they are part of DOJ and did the investigation of him and of his J6 thugs. He put his name on the Kennedy Center because he wants to have JFK's popularity and respect. It bothers him that another president in his lifetime had such popularity and respect that a memorial was created for him. JFK had qualities that Trump envies, so he felt compelled to identify with him and usurp his memorial.

He certainly is compromised in his relationship with Putin, and Putin has used and manipulated him as a stooge for Putin's goals regarding the destruction of the US. But Trump's attachment to Putin is a love/hate one. Putin is a daddy figure to Trump, tough and ruthless like Fred Trump was with Donald. Trump is eager to please such a strong guy, just as he wanted to please Fred and get his approval. At the same time, Trump wants limitless power over other people to have his own way all the time, free of obligations and restraints. He wants to be his own person, which Fred never allowed. So Donald reenacts with Putin the relationship he had with Fred.

Anything this poorly planned and executed you just know Trump was heavily involved. No person that actually plans festivals like this wouldve put this shit show on. It looks like something a person that doesn’t go to a county fair thinks a county fair is like.

If the critics do upset him he’ll pocket more money in self serving revenge.

... even his most ardent brain-dead supporters will come to the realization that Trump is a virulent disease for which there is only one cure.

They follow the leader regardless of evidence, critical thinking, or any type of reason. They have invested their very lives in this belief. This will not change.

BOTH of us give it two-thumbs-up - which means FOUR thumbs up, if you count correctly, which - judging from his pronouncements about it - he is unable to do.

That is, assuming honesty has anything to do with it.

Oh god, please let it happen around 2pm. The heat index should be around 104.