Everything you need to know about Trump's takeover of DC's 4th of July | Analysis by CNN's zbyronwolf
Washington, DC, always puts on a show for the Fourth of July, but for the first time this year, President Donald Trump is personally planning and throwing together his own Independence Day event at the Lincoln Memorial.
All are welcome, but VIPs, including Republican donors, will get some special seating. There will be tanks -- standing still, not rolling -- and there will be fighter jets flying overhead. Trump's show will be followed by the regular, PBS-broadcast annual concert in front of the Capitol, but the fireworks will be bigger than usual, unless it rains -- which the forecast says it may.
— Donald J. Trump February 24, 2019 Read MoreFolk Life Festival wraps before July 4th It's unrelated to Trump's"Salute to America," but in a major change partially related to the government shutdown earlier in the year, the Smithsonian truncated its yearly Folk Life Festival from 10 days down to just two. The festival, which is meant to expose Americans attending July Fourth celebrations to other cultures, wrapped over the weekend.
See tanks that will be used in Trump's July Fourth event 01:48Trump confirmed to reporters that there will be tanks and other armored vehicles on display for his event. Military officials tell CNN they will not parade along Pennsylvania Avenue and Trump acknowledges the tracks on the vehicles could ruin city streets. The DC City Council opposes the display of military vehicles in this way, but Trump wants to celebrate the military on Independence Day.
Trump baby balloon granted permit for July 4th event 01:53The National Park Service granted a permit for a protest less than a mile down the Mall from the Lincoln Memorial that will include a large inflatable balloon in the likeness of Trump as a baby. Anti-Trump veterans will hand out T-shirts for the USS John McCain in order to troll Trump, who has belittled the dead senator and former prisoner of war.
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