Trump Reversed Decision to Cancel 250 Celebration in DC
President Donald Trump did not let severe weather dampen the 250th birthday celebration in Washington, DC. He officials wanted to cancel, Trump said the show must go on.
President Donald Trump didn’t want some sources weather to dampen Saturday’s July 4 event on the National Mall.
That’s why he overruled a recommendation to cancel the event when severe weather loomed.
“The Crowd at 7:05 in the evening was 422,000 people,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“All were forced to leave because of the weather, the event was cancelled, and everyone was gone because of lightning. When I heard that it was cancelled, I immediately overturned that decision, and waited a while for people to come back,” he wrote.
Trump said 150,000 people came back to hear his speech and watch the firework show.
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He added this made for an “even more spectacular evening than it would have been as normalized.”
“It showed work under pressure. Congratulations to the Secret Service and Law Enforcement on being able to get so many people back into the Arena in such rapid fashion,” Trump wrote.
Earlier Saturday , people visited the “Great American State Fair” in high temperatures; 34 participants were hospitalized for heat exhaustion, according to