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'It won't work': Columnist claims massive Trump's July 4 stunt is act of revenge
Fireworks as Submission RitualThe Point Is ControlThe story here is not that Donald Trump is planning a loud Independence Day spectacle in Washington, D.C. The story is that a president who already holds federal power is using it to stage a public display of dominance over a city that voted overwhelmingly against him. The fireworks are not civic pageantry. They are a test of submission.The source material gives the game away: a 40-minute show, more than 850,000 fireworks, a capital city forced to absorb the chaos, and an administration that has already shown it cannot manage even basic…
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