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Flights face 15-hour shutdowns as Trump tries to shatter fireworks records at Freedom 250
Trump Turns Reagan National Into a Private StagePower, Not PageantryThis is not a story about patriotic celebration. It is a story about the federal government rearranging itself around one man’s spectacle. The FAA, under Trump, is shutting down flights at Reagan National Airport for 15 hours across two days so his Freedom 250 show can own the sky.That is the actual fact pattern: institutional power serving executive vanity, with air travel treated as an obstacle to be cleared rather than a public service to be protected.Who DecidedThe decision sits at the top, where the power is. Trump…
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