Donald Trump’s idiotic Fourth of July stunt just took a blow

| 10:45 pm EDT July 2, 2019
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Donald Trump announced today that his highly politicized, weaponized, and financially corrupt Fourth of July event will feature “Phantom Fireworks” – which is the name of the company, but for all we know, it means they won’t even be real. But even as we await to see just what kind of embarrassing faux-political crap fest Trump is planning, it turns out the whole thing just received some bad news.

Trump’s fireworks may be “phantom” in nature, but one thing will in fact be very real. The infamous “Baby Trump” balloon – which at this point has a far higher approval rating than the real Donald Trump – has been granted a permit to appear at the Fourth of July event. The balloon isn’t allowed to be flown, as per regulations. But it is being given prime real estate right next to the Washington Monument according to the Washington Post, and it’ll remain there for the entire day.

The thing is, Trump is trying to hijack the nation’s official Washington DC Fourth of July celebration so he can turn it into a Trump rally, and then hold it up as evidence that the entire nation is somehow supporting him. Of course the vast majority of Americans won’t be at the Fourth of July event, so their perception of it will be based on how it gets covered on television.

Because the Baby Trump balloon is always a story whenever it surfaces, its presence at the Fourth of July event will ensure that it gets TV coverage (by perhaps every network but Fox News). In other words, most of the people watching at home will be reminded that Trump’s decision to hijack a national holiday celebration is little more than an attempt at twisting reality.