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Trump Is Holding 4th of July Fireworks Hostage To Get A Captive Rally Audience

It is impossible to definitely know when the 4th of July fireworks in Washington, D.C. will happen because Trump is giving a rally speech before, and no one knows how long he will talk.

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Sarah Jones & Jason Easley
Jun 30, 2026
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Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair has been a disaster. Day after day, there are no crowds at Trump’s big event. After the musical acts left the opening concert of the fair in droves, Trump held a rally to be his own headliner, and it drew a sparse crowd.

Apparently, Trump is doing everything possible to keep an audience for his speech.

It is the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, and Donald Trump is trying to make the anniversary all about himself.

Trump had his idea to give a speech on the 4th of July before the fireworks, before a record heatwave arrived.

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American families who may have been thinking about spending the 4th of July in DC and wanted to check out the fireworks are now going to have to endure a speech by an 80-year-old declining president first.

The worst part is that the fireworks were already delayed from their usual start time of 9:30 PM to 10:30 PM, and now the fireworks might not start until 11 PM, and officials aren’t ruling out the possibility that the fireworks won’t start until the early morning hours of July 5th, which is not the anniversary of anything, but Donald Trump wants to make himself the center of attention on the 4th of July.

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