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style="border-bottom:#aaa solid 1px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Salute_to_America_(48201286086).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Salute_to_America_%2848201286086%29.jpg/250px-Salute_to_America_%2848201286086%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="375" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Salute_to_America_%2848201286086%29.jpg/375px-Salute_to_America_%2848201286086%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Salute_to_America_%2848201286086%29.jpg/500px-Salute_to_America_%2848201286086%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Blue_Angels" title="Blue Angels">Blue Angels</a> conduct a <a href="/wiki/Flypast" title="Flypast">flyover</a> over the <a href="/wiki/National_Mall" title="National Mall">National Mall</a> during the Salute to America event</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">July&#160;4,&#160;2019<span style="display:none">&#160;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2019-07-04</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Time</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">6:30–7:30pm <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EST</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Venue</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/National_Mall" title="National Mall">National Mall</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location" style="text-align: left;"><a 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class="latitude">38°53′21.4″N</span> <span class="longitude">77°3′0.5″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct">&#xfeff; / &#xfeff;</span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.889278°N 77.050139°W</span><span style="display:none">&#xfeff; / <span class="geo">38.889278; -77.050139</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2019 Salute to America</b> was an event arranged by the <a href="/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidency of Donald Trump">Trump administration</a> held on <a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States)" title="Independence Day (United States)">Independence Day</a>, July 4, 2019, in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> It took place at the <a href="/wiki/National_Mall" title="National Mall">National Mall</a> and included presentations of U.S. military vehicles, an address by President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial" title="Lincoln Memorial">Lincoln Memorial</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flypast" title="Flypast">flyovers</a> by military aircraft, and a fireworks display. The event occurred alongside pre-existing annual Independence Day events such as the <a href="/wiki/National_Independence_Day_Parade" title="National Independence Day Parade">National Independence Day Parade</a> and the <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a>-televised <i><a href="/wiki/A_Capitol_Fourth" title="A Capitol Fourth">A Capitol Fourth</a></i> concert. It was the first time a U.S. president had addressed a crowd at the National Mall on Independence Day in 68 years. </p><p>There was controversy leading up to the event. Trump's critics expressed concern that the celebration would be a <a href="/wiki/Demonstration_(political)" class="mw-redirect" title="Demonstration (political)">political event</a> reminiscent of his campaign rallies, especially in the early stages of his <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign">2020 re-election campaign</a>. Concerns were also raised over the involvement of the military, the distribution of <a href="/wiki/Very_important_person" title="Very important person">VIP</a> <a href="/wiki/Ticket_(admission)" title="Ticket (admission)">tickets</a> to donors and members of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>, as well as the cost of the event. </p><p>Trump's speech focused largely on praising the United States' cultural and military accomplishments and featured themes of <a href="/wiki/American_exceptionalism" title="American exceptionalism">American exceptionalism</a> and patriotism. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Salute_to_America&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_Trump%27s_Trip_to_France_(35791531881).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Photograph showing Presidents Macron and Trump and other dignitaries standing in the background reviewing French troops marching in the foreground at the 2017 Bastille Day celebrations in Paris, France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/President_Trump%27s_Trip_to_France_%2835791531881%29.jpg/220px-President_Trump%27s_Trip_to_France_%2835791531881%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/President_Trump%27s_Trip_to_France_%2835791531881%29.jpg/330px-President_Trump%27s_Trip_to_France_%2835791531881%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/President_Trump%27s_Trip_to_France_%2835791531881%29.jpg/440px-President_Trump%27s_Trip_to_France_%2835791531881%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption> President Donald Trump attending the 2017 <a href="/wiki/Bastille_Day_military_parade" title="Bastille Day military parade">Bastille Day military parade</a> in Paris, France</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2017, President Donald Trump was invited by French President <a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron" title="Emmanuel Macron">Emmanuel Macron</a> to attend the <a href="/wiki/Bastille_Day" title="Bastille Day">Bastille Day</a> <a href="/wiki/Bastille_Day_military_parade" title="Bastille Day military parade">military parade</a> in Paris on July 14, in honor of the countries' <a href="/wiki/France%E2%80%93United_States_relations" title="France–United States relations">diplomatic relations</a> and the centenary of the <a href="/wiki/American_entry_into_World_War_I" title="American entry into World War I">United States' entry into World War I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following the parade, Trump expressed admiration for the event and said he wanted the United States to "top it" with a similar, military-focused event. Trump proposed a <a href="/wiki/2018_Washington_Veterans_Day_Parade" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 Washington Veterans Day Parade">military parade be held in Washington</a> on <a href="/wiki/Veterans_Day" title="Veterans Day">Veterans Day</a> in 2018, in honor of the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I_centenary" class="mw-redirect" title="World War I centenary">centenary</a> of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>'s conclusion. However, Trump later withdrew the proposal due to cost concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2019, Trump announced on <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> plans for a "Salute to America" celebration on Independence Day, promising entertainment, a "major" fireworks display and "an address by your favorite President, me!" It was later revealed that this speech would be given from the steps of the <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial" title="Lincoln Memorial">Lincoln Memorial</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Trump would become the first president to speak there since <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry Truman</a> marked the 175th anniversary of the signing of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a> in an address from the National Mall on Independence Day, 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a> stated that Trump's event was not expected to conflict with other traditional Independence Day events held at the Capitol like the <a href="/wiki/National_Independence_Day_Parade" title="National Independence Day Parade">National Independence Day Parade</a>, the televised <i><a href="/wiki/A_Capitol_Fourth" title="A Capitol Fourth">A Capitol Fourth</a></i> concert, and its associated fireworks display— although, due to Salute to America, fireworks were launched from <a href="/wiki/West_Potomac_Park" title="West Potomac Park">West Potomac Park</a>, rather than the <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial_Reflecting_Pool" title="Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool">Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool</a>. The producers of <i>A Capitol Fourth</i> distanced themselves from the president's planned festivities, emphasizing they were an independent and separate event.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Due to Trump's presence, the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">Federal Aviation Administration</a> suspended flights at <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan_Washington_National_Airport" title="Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport">Reagan Airport</a> during the event.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Funding">Funding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Salute_to_America&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Funding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Workers_preparation_for_Salute_to_America_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Photograph of several workers installing a plexiglass barrier" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Workers_preparation_for_Salute_to_America_%281%29.jpg/220px-Workers_preparation_for_Salute_to_America_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Workers_preparation_for_Salute_to_America_%281%29.jpg/330px-Workers_preparation_for_Salute_to_America_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Workers_preparation_for_Salute_to_America_%281%29.jpg/440px-Workers_preparation_for_Salute_to_America_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption> Preparation for the event at the <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial" title="Lincoln Memorial">Lincoln Memorial</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a> and the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> have not confirmed the total cost of the event. As of July 11, 2019, a "rough total" cost was reported to be $5.4 million.<sup id="cite_ref-APrough_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-APrough-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was reported that $2.45 million in entrance and recreation fees were diverted from the National Park Service to cover logistical and medical services—funds normally intended for maintenance and improvements to <a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_the_United_States" title="List of national parks of the United States">national parks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WaPoNPS_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WaPoNPS-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> D.C. mayor <a href="/wiki/Muriel_Bowser" title="Muriel Bowser">Muriel Bowser</a> said the city's additional security costs for the event amounted to $1.7 million, not including police management of demonstrations. Funding was provided by the District's Emergency Planning and Security Fund; a congressional committee was subsequently formed on July 12 to seek reimbursement of this fund by the White House.<sup id="cite_ref-APrough_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-APrough-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The military's role in Salute to America cost the Department of Defense $1.2 million, including the cost of flying hours for the aerial demonstrations and logistics, particularly transportation for the two <a href="/wiki/M1_Abrams" title="M1 Abrams">M1 Abrams</a> tanks, the two <a href="/wiki/M2_Bradley" title="M2 Bradley">M2 Bradley</a> <a href="/wiki/Infantry_fighting_vehicle" title="Infantry fighting vehicle">IFVs</a>, and related equipment. <a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">The Pentagon</a> stated that this funding came from training budgets, but did not provide a breakdown of the figure, causing speculation that $1.2 million is a low estimate.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Department of Defense noted it has a "long history of showcasing military assets to the country" and spends comparable amounts of money, if not more, during events such as <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Week" title="Fleet Week">Fleet Week</a>. For example, the 2017 <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Week#San_Francisco" title="Fleet Week">San Francisco Fleet Week</a> cost $1.8 million, and the 2018 <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Week#Los_Angeles" title="Fleet Week">Los Angeles Fleet Week</a> cost $1.6 million.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-milCost_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-milCost-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/U.S._Park_Police_Collaborate_with_the_District_of_Columbia_National_Guard_in_Support_of_the_July_4th_Salute_to_America_Event.webm/220px--U.S._Park_Police_Collaborate_with_the_District_of_Columbia_National_Guard_in_Support_of_the_July_4th_Salute_to_America_Event.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="70" data-mwtitle="U.S._Park_Police_Collaborate_with_the_District_of_Columbia_National_Guard_in_Support_of_the_July_4th_Salute_to_America_Event.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:U.S._Park_Police_Collaborate_with_the_District_of_Columbia_National_Guard_in_Support_of_the_July_4th_Salute_to_America_Event.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/U.S._Park_Police_Collaborate_with_the_District_of_Columbia_National_Guard_in_Support_of_the_July_4th_Salute_to_America_Event.webm/U.S._Park_Police_Collaborate_with_the_District_of_Columbia_National_Guard_in_Support_of_the_July_4th_Salute_to_America_Event.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; 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The display was held in tandem with annual Independence Day fireworks produced by <a href="/wiki/Garden_State_Fireworks" title="Garden State Fireworks">Garden State Fireworks</a> under contract with the National Park Service. It was subsequently promoted as surpassing the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Bicentennial" title="United States Bicentennial">Bicentennial</a> fireworks as one of the largest fireworks displays in Washington, D.C., in terms of size and length.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lobbying_concerns">Lobbying concerns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Salute_to_America&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Lobbying concerns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/ABC_News_(United_States)" title="ABC News (United States)">ABC News</a> reported that Phantom Fireworks CEO Bruce Zoldan had met with Trump in May 2019 to discuss proposed expansions of U.S. <a href="/wiki/China%E2%80%93United_States_trade_war" title="China–United States trade war">trade tariffs against China</a> that would have added tariffs on pyrotechnics. China is the largest producer of pyrotechnics in the world, and the majority of fireworks in the U.S. are imported from there.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/2019_G20_Osaka_summit" title="2019 G20 Osaka summit">G20 summit</a> the following month, Trump announced he would resume trade talks with China and postpone additional tariffs.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In an interview with <a href="/wiki/WTOP-FM" title="WTOP-FM">WTOP-FM</a>, Zoldan stated that discussions regarding Phantom's involvement in the show pre-dated the meeting by two months and that the meeting was a general discussion on tariffs, not from the perspective of any specific industry.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Participants">Participants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Salute_to_America&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Participants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Salute_to_America_(48201361587).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="President Trump stands behind a plexiglass shield addressing the crowd. He is flanked by then-Acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on the left and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford on the right. A crowd sits on bleachers behind them." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Salute_to_America_%2848201361587%29.jpg/220px-Salute_to_America_%2848201361587%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Salute_to_America_%2848201361587%29.jpg/330px-Salute_to_America_%2848201361587%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Salute_to_America_%2848201361587%29.jpg/440px-Salute_to_America_%2848201361587%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption> Trump addressing the crowd at the <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial" title="Lincoln Memorial">Lincoln Memorial</a>. He is flanked by then-Acting <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Esper" title="Mark Esper">Mark Esper</a> (left) and <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a> <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Dunford" title="Joseph Dunford">Joseph Dunford</a> (right)</figcaption></figure> <p>Salute to America featured fireworks, seven <a href="/wiki/Flypast" title="Flypast">flyovers</a>, and musical performances, as well as the first address from the <a href="/wiki/National_Mall" title="National Mall">National Mall</a> on Independence Day by a sitting president in 68 years.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Trump's address honored the history of the United States and praised the achievements of historical American figures, including <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams">John Adams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Betsy_Ross" title="Betsy Ross">Betsy Ross</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Douglass" title="Frederick Douglass">Frederick Douglass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Tubman" title="Harriet Tubman">Harriet Tubman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amelia_Earhart" title="Amelia Earhart">Amelia Earhart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur" title="Douglas MacArthur">Douglas MacArthur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fred_Trump" title="Fred Trump">Fred Trump</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_Glenn" title="John Glenn">John Glenn</a>. Special guests included Florida hurricane volunteer Tina "Angel" Belcher, cancer biologist <a href="/wiki/Emil_J._Freireich" title="Emil J. Freireich">Emil J. Freireich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_movement" title="Civil rights movement">Civil rights movement</a> hero Clarence Henderson, and flight director for <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Apollo_11" title="Apollo 11">Apollo 11</a> mission <a href="/wiki/Gene_Kranz" title="Gene Kranz">Gene Kranz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Transcript_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Transcript-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Salute_to_America_(48201310212).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Two members of the United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon get ready to catch their rifles which they have tossed up in the air." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Salute_to_America_%2848201310212%29.jpg/220px-Salute_to_America_%2848201310212%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Salute_to_America_%2848201310212%29.jpg/330px-Salute_to_America_%2848201310212%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Salute_to_America_%2848201310212%29.jpg/440px-Salute_to_America_%2848201310212%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption> Members of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Silent_Drill_Platoon" title="United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon">Silent Drill Platoon</a> performing at Salute to America</figcaption></figure> <p>Salute to America featured an overarching theme of American military appreciation and patriotism. Trump requested the inclusion of <a href="/wiki/Tanks_of_the_United_States" title="Tanks of the United States">tanks</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and that the chiefs of the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Air Force</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Marines</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Navy</a> stand next to him on stage during the event.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, due to preparations beginning only weeks prior to the occasion, most of the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">joint chiefs</a> were on leave or traveling and were not available to attend.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">chairman</a> of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Dunford" title="Joseph Dunford">Joseph Dunford Jr.</a>, was available and attended, joining the president and then-Acting <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Esper" title="Mark Esper">Mark Esper</a> on stage halfway through the president's address.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Trump had wanted tanks to be part of the parade, but was told they were too heavy and could "tear up the streets". Instead, two Abrams tanks and two Bradley infantry fighting vehicles were put on static display.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Salute_to_America_(48201262826).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Salute_to_America_%2848201262826%29.jpg/220px-Salute_to_America_%2848201262826%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Salute_to_America_%2848201262826%29.jpg/330px-Salute_to_America_%2848201262826%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Salute_to_America_%2848201262826%29.jpg/440px-Salute_to_America_%2848201262826%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Drum_and_Bugle_Corps" title="United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps">United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps</a> at the Salute to America.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_1" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Salute_to_America_DOD_106987166-5d1faaabd7ac4.webm/220px--Salute_to_America_DOD_106987166-5d1faaabd7ac4.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="67" data-mwtitle="Salute_to_America_DOD_106987166-5d1faaabd7ac4.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Salute_to_America_DOD_106987166-5d1faaabd7ac4.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/Salute_to_America_DOD_106987166-5d1faaabd7ac4.webm/Salute_to_America_DOD_106987166-5d1faaabd7ac4.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/Salute_to_America_DOD_106987166-5d1faaabd7ac4.webm/Salute_to_America_DOD_106987166-5d1faaabd7ac4.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/Salute_to_America_DOD_106987166-5d1faaabd7ac4.webm/Salute_to_America_DOD_106987166-5d1faaabd7ac4.webm.1080p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="1080p.vp9.webm" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Salute_to_America_DOD_106987166-5d1faaabd7ac4.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-width="1920" data-height="1080" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/Salute_to_America_DOD_106987166-5d1faaabd7ac4.webm/Salute_to_America_DOD_106987166-5d1faaabd7ac4.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/Salute_to_America_DOD_106987166-5d1faaabd7ac4.webm/Salute_to_America_DOD_106987166-5d1faaabd7ac4.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/Salute_to_America_DOD_106987166-5d1faaabd7ac4.webm/Salute_to_America_DOD_106987166-5d1faaabd7ac4.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a> footage of the <a href="/wiki/Flypast" title="Flypast">flyovers</a> during Salute to America</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Silent_Drill_Platoon" title="United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon">United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon</a> performed <a href="/wiki/Exhibition_drill" title="Exhibition drill">exhibition drills</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Drum_and_Bugle_Corps" title="United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps">Marine Drum and Bugle Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Old_Guard_Fife_and_Drum_Corps" title="Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps">Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Band" title="United States Army Band">Army Band</a> (Pershing's Own) provided musical performances. The Army Band performed several renditions during Trump's address, including "<a href="/wiki/Semper_Paratus_(march)" title="Semper Paratus (march)">Semper Paratus</a>", "<a href="/wiki/The_U.S._Air_Force_(song)" title="The U.S. Air Force (song)">The U.S. Air Force</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Anchors_Aweigh" title="Anchors Aweigh">Anchors Aweigh</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Marines%27_Hymn" title="Marines&#39; Hymn">Marines' Hymn</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/The_Army_Goes_Rolling_Along" title="The Army Goes Rolling Along">The Army Goes Rolling Along</a>" (all of which make up the <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_Medley" title="Armed Forces Medley">Armed Forces Medley</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Transcript_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Transcript-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Military equipment representing each service branch of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">United States Armed Forces</a> were showcased and demonstrated. Two <a href="/wiki/M1_Abrams#M1A2" title="M1 Abrams">M1A2 Abrams</a> tanks and two <a href="/wiki/M2_Bradley" title="M2 Bradley">M2 Bradley</a> <a href="/wiki/Infantry_fighting_vehicle" title="Infantry fighting vehicle">IFVs</a> from the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="3rd Infantry Division (United States)">3rd Infantry Division</a> were put on stationary display around the Lincoln Memorial for the public while aircraft representing each service branch conducted flyovers during Trump's address. Trump introduced the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a> first, represented by two <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_MH-60_Jayhawk" title="Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk">HH-60 Jayhawks</a> and an <a href="/wiki/Eurocopter_HH-65_Dolphin" class="mw-redirect" title="Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphin">HH-65 Dolphin</a> helicopter from <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Coast_Guard_stations#Maryland" title="List of United States Coast Guard stations">Coast Guard Station, Annapolis, Maryland</a>. Subsequent flyovers included: a <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit">B-2 Spirit</a> from the <a href="/wiki/509th_Bomb_Wing" title="509th Bomb Wing">509th Bomb Wing</a> escorted by two <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-22_Raptor" title="Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor">F-22 Raptors</a> from the <a href="/wiki/1st_Fighter_Wing" title="1st Fighter Wing">1st Fighter Wing</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35 Joint Strike Fighters</a> from <a href="/wiki/VFA-147" title="VFA-147">VFA-147</a> and two <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet" title="McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet">F/A-18 Hornets</a> from <a href="/wiki/VFA-37" title="VFA-37">VFA-37</a> together in <a href="/wiki/Diamond_formation" title="Diamond formation">diamond formation</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Bell_Boeing_V-22_Osprey" title="Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey">V-22 Ospreys</a> from <a href="/wiki/HMX-1" title="HMX-1">HMX-1</a>, and four <a href="/wiki/Boeing_AH-64_Apache" title="Boeing AH-64 Apache">AH-64 Apache</a> helicopters from the <a href="/wiki/Combat_Aviation_Brigade,_101st_Airborne_Division" title="Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division">101st Combat Aviation Brigade</a>. Presidential aircraft, particularly the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_One" title="Air Force One">Air Force One</a> aircraft and the next-generation <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_VH-92" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikorsky VH-92">VH-92</a> <a href="/wiki/Marine_One" title="Marine One">Marine One</a>, also participated.<sup id="cite_ref-milCost_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-milCost-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The aerial demonstrations were followed up by a performance by the Navy's <a href="/wiki/Blue_Angels" title="Blue Angels">Blue Angels</a> flight demonstration squadron.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Transcript_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Transcript-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attendance_and_media_coverage">Attendance and media coverage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Salute_to_America&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Attendance and media coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A perimeter was constructed around the Lincoln Memorial with wire fencing spanning the Reflecting Pool to separate the ticketed areas intended for VIP spectators from the public.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> VIP tickets were distributed to the <a href="/wiki/Republican_National_Committee" title="Republican National Committee">Republican National Committee</a> (RNC), government officials, GOP donors, and other political allies.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Politico" title="Politico">Politico</a></i> reported that some donors and <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> members were reluctant to attend the event as they were already on vacation elsewhere. It also reported that lotteries were being held to give away blocks of 10 tickets each to White House employees. This is a common practice for White House events, but not normally in such a large quantity.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2019_Salute_to_America.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/2019_Salute_to_America.jpg/220px-2019_Salute_to_America.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/2019_Salute_to_America.jpg/330px-2019_Salute_to_America.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/2019_Salute_to_America.jpg/440px-2019_Salute_to_America.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3888" /></a><figcaption>View from the top of the Lincoln Memorial of the crowd gathered along the Reflecting Pool during the 2019 Salute to America event, with Donald and Melania Trump onstage.</figcaption></figure> <p>Concerns over the attendance at the event were compared to the Trump administration's <a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Donald_Trump" title="First inauguration of Donald Trump">claims regarding crowd size and viewership of his 2017 inauguration</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-crowd_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-crowd-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Official estimates of the number of attendees were not immediately available. Multiple photographs taken during the event showed large crowds both within the guest section and of the public on the National Mall, including tourists and general event-goers.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Weather affected the event; rainstorms passed through the area, while <a href="/wiki/Temperature_inversion" class="mw-redirect" title="Temperature inversion">temperature inversion</a> caused the smoke from the fireworks display to accumulate, partially obscuring spectators' views of the show.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_2" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/WATCH_LIVE-_Salute_to_America_at_the_Lincoln_Memorial%21.webm/220px-seek%3D3509-WATCH_LIVE-_Salute_to_America_at_the_Lincoln_Memorial%21.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="5733" data-mwtitle="WATCH_LIVE-_Salute_to_America_at_the_Lincoln_Memorial!.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:WATCH_LIVE-_Salute_to_America_at_the_Lincoln_Memorial!.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3c/WATCH_LIVE-_Salute_to_America_at_the_Lincoln_Memorial%21.webm/WATCH_LIVE-_Salute_to_America_at_the_Lincoln_Memorial%21.webm.480p.vp9.webm#t=00:25:15" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3c/WATCH_LIVE-_Salute_to_America_at_the_Lincoln_Memorial%21.webm/WATCH_LIVE-_Salute_to_America_at_the_Lincoln_Memorial%21.webm.720p.vp9.webm#t=00:25:15" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/WATCH_LIVE-_Salute_to_America_at_the_Lincoln_Memorial%21.webm#t=00:25:15" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3c/WATCH_LIVE-_Salute_to_America_at_the_Lincoln_Memorial%21.webm/WATCH_LIVE-_Salute_to_America_at_the_Lincoln_Memorial%21.webm.240p.vp9.webm#t=00:25:15" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3c/WATCH_LIVE-_Salute_to_America_at_the_Lincoln_Memorial%21.webm/WATCH_LIVE-_Salute_to_America_at_the_Lincoln_Memorial%21.webm.360p.vp9.webm#t=00:25:15" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3c/WATCH_LIVE-_Salute_to_America_at_the_Lincoln_Memorial%21.webm/WATCH_LIVE-_Salute_to_America_at_the_Lincoln_Memorial%21.webm.360p.webm#t=00:25:15" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>The White House's livestream of Salute to America</figcaption></figure> <p>Of the major <a href="/wiki/United_States_cable_news" title="United States cable news">cable news channels</a>, only <a href="/wiki/Fox_News_Channel" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox News Channel">Fox News Channel</a> agreed to air continual live coverage, with <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> and <a href="/wiki/MSNBC" title="MSNBC">MSNBC</a> initially declining in favor of previously scheduled encore programming. <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a> also aired the event. The news departments of the <a href="/wiki/Big_Three_television_networks" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Three television networks">Big Three television networks</a> relegated live coverage to their respective digital platforms.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Both CNN and Fox News carried Trump's speech given in front of the Lincoln Memorial live. CNN's coverage of the event averaged 1.5 million viewers, with 353,000 viewers among adults 25–54 years old—a key demographic for <a href="/wiki/Advertisers" class="mw-redirect" title="Advertisers">advertisers</a>. MSNBC's coverage garnered a total audience of 374,000 viewers and 42,000 among 25–54 year olds. Fox News had the largest viewership, with an average 4.6 million viewers and 793,000 among adults aged 25–54. This beat CNN and MSNBC's combined viewership in both categories and topped <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Prime_time" title="Prime time">prime time</a> coverage of the <a href="/wiki/Macy%27s" title="Macy&#39;s">Macy's</a> Independence Day fireworks show from <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, which averaged 3.8 million total viewers—its lowest ratings in four years. It was Fox News Channel's highest Independence Day audience since its founding in October 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Salute_to_America&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>President Trump's supporters and allies considered the event to be a display of the president's pride in the country and its military.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Comparisons were drawn to "<a href="/wiki/Honor_America_Day" title="Honor America Day">Honor America Day</a>"—a 1970 Independence Day rally at the Capitol in support of <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a>, in the wake of controversy over the <a href="/wiki/Cambodian_campaign" title="Cambodian campaign">invasion of Cambodia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kent_State_shootings" title="Kent State shootings">Kent State shootings</a>. That event also faced opposition, notably by <a href="/wiki/Opposition_to_United_States_involvement_in_the_Vietnam_War" title="Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War">anti-Vietnam War protesters</a> and other protesters smoking <a href="/wiki/Cannabis_(drug)" title="Cannabis (drug)">cannabis</a> in support of its <a href="/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis" title="Legality of cannabis">legalization</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-event_concerns_and_criticism">Pre-event concerns and criticism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Salute_to_America&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Pre-event concerns and criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to the event, Michelle Cottle of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, former House Republican <a href="/wiki/David_Jolly" title="David Jolly">David Jolly</a>, and radio host <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Sykes" title="Charlie Sykes">Charlie Sykes</a> accused Trump of turning the "<a href="/wiki/Nonpartisanism" class="mw-redirect" title="Nonpartisanism">non-partisan</a>" Independence Day holiday into a political event—co-opting the celebration to promote his <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign">2020 presidential re-election campaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pre-event concerns were also expressed over the prominent incorporation of the military; retired <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">lieutenant general</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Barno" title="David Barno">David Barno</a> told <i>Politico</i> that Salute to America "looks like it's becoming much more of a Republican Party event—a political event about the president—than a national celebration of the Fourth of July" and that it was "absolutely obscene" for Trump to "[use] the armed forces in a political ploy for his reelection campaign."<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Some military and Pentagon officials had raised similar concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_43-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Citizens_for_Responsibility_and_Ethics_in_Washington" title="Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington">Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington</a> noted that Department of Defense rules forbid military members from participating in political events and that the <a href="/wiki/Hatch_Act_of_1939" class="mw-redirect" title="Hatch Act of 1939">Hatch Act</a> could also potentially apply.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Some media outlets also reported on the potential damage military vehicles could cause to local roads.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was later confirmed that while military vehicles would be featured during the event, they would be parked on the National Mall and not parading.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Democratic Senator <a href="/wiki/Tom_Udall" title="Tom Udall">Tom Udall</a> argued it was "unacceptable that the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior" title="United States Department of the Interior">Interior Department</a> is failing to inform Congress about how it plans to spend taxpayer money to fund the president's lavish July 4th plans, which reportedly include special access to the National Mall for the politically connected." Trump downplayed these concerns, saying that the event would cost "very little compared to what it is worth".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Republican National Committee defended its distribution of tickets, citing it as common practice for the incumbent party's committee to distribute tickets to events of this nature.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_43-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Journalist and writer <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Greenfield" title="Jeff Greenfield">Jeff Greenfield</a> noted that prior presidents had given speeches on Independence Day and political parties have used the holiday as a platform since their inception. He added that the inclusion of military equipment could be excused as Trump's attempt to "emulate Thomas Jefferson" in 1801 rather than an authoritarian celebration of <a href="/wiki/Militarism" title="Militarism">militarism</a> "more common to <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pyongyang" title="Pyongyang">Pyongyang</a>." However, Greenfield did argue that Trump, with his affinity for "over-the-top celebrations and honors", was "wreathing himself" in the monuments of the Capitol, "the most potent symbols of American history&#160;... without any appreciation for the history that made that whole landscape possible."<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Protests">Protests</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Salute_to_America&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Protests"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Park Service issued a permit allowing the activist organization <a href="/wiki/Code_Pink" title="Code Pink">Code Pink</a> to display a <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_baby_balloon" title="Donald Trump baby balloon">Donald Trump baby balloon</a> during the event. It was grounded and did not contain helium to enable it to float. The group also brought the animatronic <i><a href="/wiki/Dump_Trump_(statue)" title="Dump Trump (statue)">Dump Trump</a></i> sculpture—a caricature of Trump using his phone while sitting on a golden toilet.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Around 5:30&#160;pm local, an hour before Trump's speech, two members of the <a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Communist_Party,_USA" title="Revolutionary Communist Party, USA">Revolutionary Communist Party</a> were arrested by <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service" title="United States Secret Service">Secret Service</a> officers after scuffles broke out with counter-protesters during a <a href="/wiki/Flag_desecration#United_States" title="Flag desecration">flag burning</a> protest in front of the White House. One of those arrested was charged with malicious burning and felony assault on a police officer, and the other with obstructing a police investigation and resisting arrest. The Secret Service said the flag burning display occurred "outside the limits of a permit issued by the National Park Service."<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-event">Post-event</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Salute_to_America&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Post-event"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Salute_to_America_(48201336727).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Trump addressing the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial. An M2 Bradley tank can be seen either side of him." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Salute_to_America_%2848201336727%29.jpg/220px-Salute_to_America_%2848201336727%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Salute_to_America_%2848201336727%29.jpg/330px-Salute_to_America_%2848201336727%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Salute_to_America_%2848201336727%29.jpg/440px-Salute_to_America_%2848201336727%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption> Trump addressing the crowd at the <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial" title="Lincoln Memorial">Lincoln Memorial</a>. Two <a href="/wiki/M2_Bradley" title="M2 Bradley">M2 Bradleys</a> are showcased.</figcaption></figure> <p>David Smith of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> acknowledged that Trump's 47-minute speech "did not fulfill his critics' worst fears of a politically partisan, campaign-style rally", and mostly avoided partisan politics in favor of "a heroic version of American military history". However, Smith suggested that the event as a whole did "provide the bombastic show of military might that had been widely predicted" and noted the event resembled a Trump campaign rally because many audience members chanted pro-Trump slogans, wore <a href="/wiki/Make_America_Great_Again" title="Make America Great Again">Make America Great Again</a> hats and held "Trump 2020" signs. He observed that "in a city that projects power through monuments, statues and its own Capitol, critics said it was the moment Trump went full <a href="/wiki/Roman_emperor" title="Roman emperor">Roman emperor</a>, turning a traditionally nonpartisan day of events into a vanity project."<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_3" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/President_Trump_Delivers_Remarks_at_Salute_to_America.webm/220px-seek%3D2330-President_Trump_Delivers_Remarks_at_Salute_to_America.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="3136" data-mwtitle="President_Trump_Delivers_Remarks_at_Salute_to_America.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:President_Trump_Delivers_Remarks_at_Salute_to_America.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/President_Trump_Delivers_Remarks_at_Salute_to_America.webm/President_Trump_Delivers_Remarks_at_Salute_to_America.webm.480p.vp9.webm#t=00:38:50" type="video/webm; 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codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/President_Trump_Delivers_Remarks_at_Salute_to_America.webm/President_Trump_Delivers_Remarks_at_Salute_to_America.webm.360p.webm#t=00:38:50" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp8, vorbis&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/President_Trump_Delivers_Remarks_at_Salute_to_America.webm/President_Trump_Delivers_Remarks_at_Salute_to_America.webm.360p.vp9.webm#t=00:38:50" type="video/webm; codecs=&quot;vp9, opus&quot;" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&amp;title=File%3APresident_Trump_Delivers_Remarks_at_Salute_to_America.webm&amp;lang=en&amp;trackformat=vtt&amp;origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="en" label="English ‪(en)‬" data-dir="ltr" /></video></span><figcaption>Trump mentions "airports"</figcaption></figure> <p>Trump was criticized for making incorrect statements about the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> in a section of the speech, recounting that the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> "took over the airports"—airplanes were yet to be invented—and had "nothing but victory" in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Baltimore" title="Battle of Baltimore">Battle of Baltimore</a>, which took place during the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>, not the Revolutionary War.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Trump attributed the "airports" gaffe to his <a href="/wiki/Teleprompter" title="Teleprompter">teleprompter</a> malfunctioning and being difficult to read in the rain.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Some <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canadian</a> news outlets took exception to Trump referencing <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell" title="Alexander Graham Bell">Alexander Graham Bell</a>'s invention of the <a href="/wiki/Telephone" title="Telephone">telephone</a> as a result of the United States' "unleashed" "culture of discovery"; Bell was Scottish-born and spent time in both Canada and the United States while developing the telephone, though he did file his first <a href="/wiki/Patent" title="Patent">patent</a> on the telephone in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a letter to Trump after the event, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser asked for reimbursement of the city's expenses, saying Salute to America had exhausted D.C.'s Emergency Planning and Security Fund, a federally funded reserve account intended to reimburse the city for extra security and anti-terrorism measures during large federal events. 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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> although, in 2020, the occurrence of the event was called into question due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">COVID-19 pandemic in the United States</a>, with at least ten lawmakers having asked President Trump to cancel the planned second celebration.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The administration nevertheless held the <a href="/wiki/2020_Salute_to_America" title="2020 Salute to America">2020 Salute to America</a> on July 4, 2020. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Salute_to_America&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" 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(brother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Trump" title="Frederick Trump">Frederick Trump</a> (grandfather)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Christ_Trump" title="Elizabeth Christ Trump">Elizabeth Christ Trump</a> (grandmother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Kushner" title="Jared Kushner">Jared Kushner</a> (son-in-law)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lara_Trump" title="Lara Trump">Lara Trump</a> (daughter-in-law)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Trump" title="Vanessa Trump">Vanessa Trump</a> (former daughter-in-law)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blaine_Trump" title="Blaine Trump">Blaine Trump</a> (former sister-in-law)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amalija_Knavs" title="Amalija Knavs">Amalija Knavs</a> (mother-in-law)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_G._Trump" title="John G. Trump">John G. Trump</a> (uncle)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_L._Trump" title="Mary L. Trump">Mary L. Trump</a> (niece)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Trump_III" title="Fred Trump III">Fred Trump III</a> (nephew)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Whitney_Walter" title="John Whitney Walter">John Whitney Walter</a> (cousin)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Donald_Trump" title="Bibliography of Donald Trump">Books</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Trump:_The_Art_of_the_Deal" title="Trump: The Art of the Deal">Trump: The Art of the Deal</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trump:_Surviving_at_the_Top" title="Trump: Surviving at the Top">Trump: Surviving at the Top</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trump:_The_Art_of_the_Comeback" title="Trump: The Art of the Comeback">Trump: The Art of the Comeback</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_America_We_Deserve" title="The America We Deserve">The America We Deserve</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trump:_How_to_Get_Rich" title="Trump: How to Get Rich">Trump: How to Get Rich</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Way_to_the_Top" title="The Way to the Top">The Way to the Top</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trump_101" title="Trump 101">Trump 101</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Why_We_Want_You_to_Be_Rich" title="Why We Want You to Be Rich">Why We Want You to Be Rich</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Think_Big_and_Kick_Ass" title="Think Big and Kick Ass">Think Big and Kick Ass</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Time_to_Get_Tough" title="Time to Get Tough">Time to Get Tough</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Midas_Touch_(book)" title="Midas Touch (book)">Midas Touch</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Crippled_America" title="Crippled America">Crippled America</a></i> (2015)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Campaigns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2000_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2000 presidential campaign">2000 presidential campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign">2016 presidential campaign</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign#Announcement" title="Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign">announcement</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Make_America_Great_Again" title="Make America Great Again">Make America Great Again</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rallies_for_the_2016_Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign" title="List of rallies for the 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign">rallies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Links_between_Trump_associates_and_Russian_officials" title="Links between Trump associates and Russian officials">links between campaign officials and Russian government officials</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crossfire_Hurricane_(FBI_investigation)" title="Crossfire Hurricane (FBI investigation)">Crossfire Hurricane</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2016 Republican Party presidential primaries">2016 Republican primaries</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign_primary_endorsements" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign primary endorsements">endorsements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Republican_Party_presidential_debates_and_forums" title="2016 Republican Party presidential debates and forums">debates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Republican_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection" title="2016 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection">running mate selection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Republican_National_Convention" title="2016 Republican National Convention">convention</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016 general election</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign_endorsements" title="List of Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign endorsements">endorsements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_debates" title="2016 United States presidential debates">debates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="International reactions to the 2016 United States presidential election">reactions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_presidential_transition_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidential transition of Donald Trump">transition</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Voters_Against_Trump" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Voters Against Trump">Republican opposition</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Never_Trump_movement" title="Never Trump movement">Never Trump movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Republicans_who_opposed_the_Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign" title="List of Republicans who opposed the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney%27s_2016_anti-Trump_speech" title="Mitt Romney&#39;s 2016 anti-Trump speech">Mitt Romney speech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Republicans_who_opposed_the_Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign" title="List of Republicans who opposed the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Republicans_who_oppose_the_Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Republicans who oppose the Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign">2024</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations" title="Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations">Sexual misconduct allegations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape" title="Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape"><i>Access Hollywood</i> recording</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign">2020 presidential campaign</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Donald_Trump_rallies_(December_2016%E2%80%932022)#2020_presidential_campaign" title="List of Donald Trump rallies (December 2016–2022)">rallies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Trump_Tulsa_rally" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Trump Tulsa rally">2020 Tulsa rally</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2020 Republican Party presidential primaries">2020 Republican primaries</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_Republican_National_Convention" title="2020 Republican National Convention">convention</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020 general election</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign_political_endorsements" title="List of Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign political endorsements">political endorsements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign_non-political_endorsements" title="List of Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign non-political endorsements">non-political endorsements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_debates" title="2020 United States presidential debates">debates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election">attempts to overturn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_reactions_to_Donald_Trump%27s_claims_of_2020_election_fraud" title="Republican reactions to Donald Trump&#39;s claims of 2020 election fraud">Republican reactions to Trump's election fraud claims</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_transition_of_Joe_Biden" title="Presidential transition of Joe Biden">Biden transition</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign">2024 presidential campaign</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign#Announcement" title="Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign">annoucement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rallies_for_the_2024_Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign" title="List of rallies for the 2024 Donald Trump presidential campaign">rallies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2024 Republican Party presidential primaries">2024 Republican primaries</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign_primary_endorsements" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign primary endorsements">endorsements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Republican_Party_presidential_debates_and_forums" title="2024 Republican Party presidential debates and forums">debates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Republican_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection" title="2024 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection">running mate selection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Republican_National_Convention" title="2024 Republican National Convention">convention</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election" title="2024 United States presidential election">2024 general election</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_eligibility_of_Donald_Trump" title="Presidential eligibility of Donald Trump">eligibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign_endorsements" title="List of Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign endorsements">endorsements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_debates" title="2024 United States presidential debates">debates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_2024_United_States_presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="International reactions to the 2024 United States presidential election">reactions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_presidential_transition_of_Donald_Trump" title="Second presidential transition of Donald Trump">transition</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamala_is_for_they/them" title="Kamala is for they/them">Kamala is for they/them</a> (attack ad)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_Bless_the_U.S.A._Bible" title="God Bless the U.S.A. Bible">Trump Bible</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/God_Bless_the_U.S.A." title="God Bless the U.S.A.">God Bless the U.S.A.</a>" (campaign song)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Y.M.C.A._(song)" title="Y.M.C.A. (song)">Y.M.C.A.</a>" (campaign song)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legal affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FBI_investigation_into_Donald_Trump%27s_handling_of_government_documents" title="FBI investigation into Donald Trump&#39;s handling of government documents">FBI investigation into handling of government documents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FBI_search_of_Mar-a-Lago" title="FBI search of Mar-a-Lago">FBI search of Mar-a-Lago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_investigations_of_The_Trump_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="New York investigations of The Trump Organization">New York investigations of The Trump Organization</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stormy_Daniels%E2%80%93Donald_Trump_scandal" title="Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal">Stormy Daniels scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_civil_investigation_of_The_Trump_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="New York civil investigation of The Trump Organization">civil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_criminal_investigation_of_The_Trump_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="New York criminal investigation of The Trump Organization">criminal</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/E._Jean_Carroll_v._Donald_J._Trump" title="E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump">Carroll v. Trump</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trump_v._United_States_(2022)" title="Trump v. United States (2022)"><i>Trump v. United States</i> (2022)</a></li> <li>State prosecutions <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_election_racketeering_prosecution" title="Georgia election racketeering prosecution">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_in_New_York" title="Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York">New York</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smith_special_counsel_investigation" title="Smith special counsel investigation">Smith special counsel investigation</a></li> <li>Federal prosecution <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_(classified_documents_case)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (classified documents case)">classified documents case</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_(election_obstruction_case)" title="Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (election obstruction case)">election obstruction case</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mug_shot_of_Donald_Trump" title="Mug shot of Donald Trump">Trump mug shot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trump_v._United_States_(2024)" title="Trump v. United States (2024)"><i>Trump v. United States</i> (2024)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Family_of_Donald_Trump" title="Family of Donald Trump">Family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_J._Trump_Foundation" title="Donald J. 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title="2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown">2018–2019</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_executive_actions_by_Donald_Trump" title="List of executive actions by Donald Trump">Executive actions</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_executive_orders_by_Donald_Trump" title="List of executive orders by Donald Trump">executive orders</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_proclamations_by_Donald_Trump" class="mw-redirect" title="List of proclamations by Donald Trump">presidential proclamations</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_George_H._W._Bush" title="Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush">State funeral of George H. W. Bush</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg" title="Death and state funeral of Ruth Bader Ginsburg">State funeral of Ruth Bader Ginsburg</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_granted_executive_clemency_by_Donald_Trump" title="List of people granted executive clemency by Donald Trump">Executive clemency</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pardon_of_Joe_Arpaio" title="Pardon of Joe Arpaio">pardon of Joe Arpaio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Wallie_Howard_Jr." title="Murder of Wallie Howard Jr.">commutation of Jaime Davidson</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Trump_travel_ban" title="Trump travel ban">Travel bans</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Reactions_to_Executive_Order_13769" title="Reactions to Executive Order 13769">reactions</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Legal_challenges_to_the_Trump_travel_ban" title="Legal challenges to the Trump travel ban">legal challenges</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Protests_against_Executive_Order_13769" title="Protests against Executive Order 13769">protests</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_13780" title="Executive Order 13780">replacement</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Trump_wall" title="Trump wall">Trump wall</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Executive_Order_13767" title="Executive Order 13767">Executive Order 13767</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Trump_administration_family_separation_policy" title="Trump administration family separation policy">Family separation policy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Trump_administration_migrant_detentions" class="mw-redirect" title="Trump administration migrant detentions">Migrant detentions</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Operation_Faithful_Patriot" title="Operation Faithful Patriot">Operation Faithful Patriot</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stormy_Daniels%E2%80%93Donald_Trump_scandal" title="Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal">Stormy Daniels scandal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/I_Am_Part_of_the_Resistance_Inside_the_Trump_Administration" title="I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration">Anonymous senior official op-ed</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93United_States_relations#Trump_administration_(2017–2021)" title="Israel–United States relations">Relations with Israel</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_recognition_of_Jerusalem_as_capital_of_Israel" title="United States recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel">Jerusalem recognition</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_recognition_of_the_Golan_Heights_as_part_of_Israel" title="United States recognition of the Golan Heights as part of Israel">Golan Heights recognition</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Trump_peace_plan" title="Trump peace plan">Peace plan</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Accords" title="Abraham Accords">Abraham Accords</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93United_Arab_Emirates_normalization_agreement" title="Israel–United Arab Emirates normalization agreement">UAE</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bahrain%E2%80%93Israel_normalization_agreement" title="Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement">Bahrain</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Sudan_normalization_agreement" title="Israel–Sudan normalization agreement">Sudan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Morocco_normalization_agreement" title="Israel–Morocco normalization agreement">Morocco</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_and_Serbia_economic_normalization_agreements" title="Kosovo and Serbia economic normalization agreements">Kosovo–Serbia agreement</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%932018_North_Korea_crisis" title="2017–2018 North Korea crisis">North Korea crisis</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Korean_peace_process" title="2018–19 Korean peace process">peace process</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_North_Korea%E2%80%93United_States_Singapore_Summit" title="2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit">Singapore summit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_North_Korea%E2%80%93United_States_Hanoi_Summit" title="2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit">Hanoi summit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_Koreas%E2%80%93United_States_DMZ_Summit" title="2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit">DMZ summit</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Trump%E2%80%93Ukraine_scandal" title="Trump–Ukraine scandal">Trump–Ukraine scandal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93United_States_relations#Trump_administration_(2017–2021)" title="Russia–United States relations">Relations with Russia</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_Russia%E2%80%93United_States_summit" title="2018 Russia–United States summit">Helsinki summit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Links_between_Trump_associates_and_Russian_officials" title="Links between Trump associates and Russian officials">Links between Trump administration and Russian government officials</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russian_bounty_program" title="Russian bounty program">Russian bounty program</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Trump_administration_farmer_bailouts" title="Trump administration farmer bailouts">Farmer bailouts</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_United_States%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_arms_deal" title="2017 United States–Saudi Arabia arms deal">Saudi Arabia arms deal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/US_intervention_in_the_Syrian_civil_war" title="US intervention in the Syrian civil war">Syria strikes</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_Shayrat_missile_strike" title="2017 Shayrat missile strike">2017</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/April_2018_missile_strikes_against_Syria" title="April 2018 missile strikes against Syria">2018</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Proposed_United_States_invasion_of_Venezuela" title="Proposed United States invasion of Venezuela">Proposed invasion of Venezuela</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Trump%E2%80%93Tsai_call" title="Trump–Tsai call">Taiwan call</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_withdrawal_from_the_Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action" title="United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action">Withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Death_of_Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi" title="Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi">Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Qasem_Soleimani" title="Assassination of Qasem Soleimani">Assassination of Qasem Soleimani</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_U.S._troop_withdrawal_from_Afghanistan" title="2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan">Afghanistan withdrawal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/U.S._federal_government_response_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="U.S. federal government response to the COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic response</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Trump_administration_communication_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic" class="mw-redirect" title="Trump administration communication during the COVID-19 pandemic">Communication</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/White_House_COVID-19_outbreak" title="White House COVID-19 outbreak">White House COVID-19 outbreak</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Trump_administration_political_interference_with_science_agencies" class="mw-redirect" title="Trump administration political interference with science agencies">Political interference with science agencies</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_federal_government_data_breach" title="2020 United States federal government data breach">Federal government data breach</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Crossfire_Hurricane_(FBI_investigation)" title="Crossfire Hurricane (FBI investigation)">Crossfire Hurricane</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump%27s_disclosures_of_classified_information" title="Donald Trump&#39;s disclosures of classified information">Classified information disclosures</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mueller_special_counsel_investigation" title="Mueller special counsel investigation">Mueller special counsel investigation</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Durham_special_counsel_investigation" title="Durham special counsel investigation">Durham special counsel investigation</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Legal_affairs_of_Donald_Trump_as_president" title="Legal affairs of Donald Trump as president">Legal affairs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Impeachments</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Efforts_to_impeach_Donald_Trump" title="Efforts to impeach Donald Trump">efforts</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_impeachment_resolutions_introduced_against_Donald_Trump" title="List of impeachment resolutions introduced against Donald Trump">resolutions</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Impeachment_inquiry_into_Donald_Trump" title="Impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump">impeachment inquiry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/First_impeachment_of_Donald_Trump" title="First impeachment of Donald Trump">first impeachment</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/First_impeachment_trial_of_Donald_Trump" title="First impeachment trial of Donald Trump">first trial</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second_impeachment_of_Donald_Trump" title="Second impeachment of Donald Trump">second impeachment</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second_impeachment_trial_of_Donald_Trump" title="Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump">second trial</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Proposed_expungements_of_the_impeachments_of_Donald_Trump" title="Proposed expungements of the impeachments of Donald Trump">proposed expungements</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_photo_op_at_St._John%27s_Church" title="Donald Trump photo op at St. John&#39;s Church">Photo op at St. John's Church</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mount_Rushmore_Fireworks_Celebration" title="Mount Rushmore Fireworks Celebration">2020 Mount Rushmore Fireworks Celebration</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/National_Garden_of_American_Heroes" title="National Garden of American Heroes">National Garden of American Heroes</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election">Attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stop_the_Steal" class="mw-redirect" title="Stop the Steal">Stop the Steal</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack" title="January 6 United States Capitol attack">January 6 United States Capitol attack</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack" title="Timeline of the January 6 United States Capitol attack">timeline</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack" title="Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack">aftermath</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_United_States_inauguration_week_protests" title="2021 United States inauguration week protests">continued protests</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Domestic_reactions_to_the_January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack" title="Domestic reactions to the January 6 United States Capitol attack">domestic reactions</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack" title="International reactions to the January 6 United States Capitol attack">international reactions</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Donald_J._Trump_Presidential_Library" title="Donald J. Trump Presidential Library">Presidential Library</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Donald_Trump" title="List of federal judges appointed by Donald Trump">Judicial appointments</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Neil_Gorsuch_Supreme_Court_nomination" title="Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court nomination">Gorsuch</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brett_Kavanaugh_Supreme_Court_nomination" title="Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination">Kavanaugh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Amy_Coney_Barrett_Supreme_Court_nomination" title="Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court nomination">Barrett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_Supreme_Court_candidates" title="Donald Trump Supreme Court candidates">Supreme Court candidates</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_judicial_appointment_controversies" title="Donald Trump judicial appointment controversies">controversies</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Presidential_transition_of_Joe_Biden" title="Presidential transition of Joe Biden">Biden transition</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Donald_Trump_presidencies" title="Timeline of the Donald Trump presidencies">Timeline</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/First_100_days_of_the_first_Donald_Trump_presidency" title="First 100 days of the first Donald Trump presidency">First 100 days</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Donald_Trump_presidency_(2017_Q1)" title="Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2017 Q1)">Q1</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Donald_Trump_presidency_(2017_Q2)" title="Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2017 Q2)">Q2</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Donald_Trump_presidency_(2017_Q3)" title="Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2017 Q3)">Q3</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Donald_Trump_presidency_(2017_Q4)" title="Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2017 Q4)">Q4</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Donald_Trump_presidency_(2018_Q1)" title="Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2018 Q1)">Q1</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Donald_Trump_presidency_(2018_Q2)" title="Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2018 Q2)">Q2</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Donald_Trump_presidency_(2018_Q3)" title="Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2018 Q3)">Q3</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Donald_Trump_presidency_(2018_Q4)" title="Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2018 Q4)">Q4</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Donald_Trump_presidency_(2019_Q1)" title="Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2019 Q1)">Q1</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Donald_Trump_presidency_(2019_Q2)" title="Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2019 Q2)">Q2</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Donald_Trump_presidency_(2019_Q3)" title="Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2019 Q3)">Q3</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Donald_Trump_presidency_(2019_Q4)" title="Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2019 Q4)">Q4</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Donald_Trump_presidency_(2020_Q1)" title="Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2020 Q1)">Q1</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Donald_Trump_presidency_(2020_Q2)" title="Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2020 Q2)">Q2</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Donald_Trump_presidency_(2020_Q3)" title="Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2020 Q3)">Q3</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Donald_Trump_presidency_(2020_Q4%E2%80%93January_2021)" title="Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2020 Q4–January 2021)">Q4</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Donald_Trump_presidency_(2020_Q4%E2%80%93January_2021)#January_2021" title="Timeline of the Donald Trump presidency (2020 Q4–January 2021)">January 2021</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump" title="List of presidential trips made by Donald Trump">Trips</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump_(2017)" title="List of presidential trips made by Donald Trump (2017)">2017</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump_(2018)" title="List of presidential trips made by Donald Trump (2018)">2018</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump_(2019)" title="List of presidential trips made by Donald Trump (2019)">2019</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump_(2020%E2%80%9321)" title="List of presidential trips made by Donald Trump (2020–21)">2020–2021</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump" title="List of international presidential trips made by Donald Trump">international</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_trips_made_by_Rex_Tillerson_as_United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="List of international trips made by Rex Tillerson as United States Secretary of State">by Rex Tillerson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_trips_made_by_Mike_Pompeo_as_United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="List of international trips made by Mike Pompeo as United States Secretary of State">by Mike Pompeo</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_Riyadh_summit" title="2017 Riyadh summit">Riyadh summit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_North_Korea%E2%80%93United_States_Singapore_Summit" title="2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit">Singapore summit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_Russia%E2%80%93United_States_summit" title="2018 Russia–United States summit">Helsinki summit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_North_Korea%E2%80%93United_States_Hanoi_Summit" title="2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit">Hanoi summit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_Koreas%E2%80%93United_States_DMZ_Summit" title="2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit">DMZ summit</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Speeches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_Donald_Trump_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress" title="2017 Donald Trump speech to a joint session of Congress">Joint session of Congress</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_Donald_Trump_speech_in_Warsaw" title="2017 Donald Trump speech in Warsaw">Warsaw speech</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_National_Scout_Jamboree" title="2017 National Scout Jamboree">National Scout Jamboree</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/State_of_the_Union" title="State of the Union">State of the Union Address</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2018 State of the Union Address">2018</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2019 State of the Union Address">2019</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2020 State of the Union Address">2020</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_Oval_Office_address" title="2019 Oval Office address">2019 Oval Office address</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020_Oval_Office_address" title="2020 Oval Office address">2020 Oval Office address</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump%27s_first_farewell_address" title="Donald Trump&#39;s first farewell address">Farewell address</a> (2021)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Donald_Trump" title="Political positions of Donald Trump">Policies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Economic_policy_of_the_first_Donald_Trump_administration" title="Economic policy of the first Donald Trump administration">Economy</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tax_Cuts_and_Jobs_Act_of_2017" class="mw-redirect" title="Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017">tax cuts</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/China%E2%80%93United_States_trade_war" title="China–United States trade war">China trade war</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Trump_tariffs" title="Trump tariffs">tariffs</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States%E2%80%93Mexico%E2%80%93Canada_Agreement" title="United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement">USMCA</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Environmental_policy_of_the_first_Donald_Trump_administration" title="Environmental policy of the first Donald Trump administration">Environment</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_withdrawal_from_the_Paris_Agreement" title="United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement">Paris Agreement withdrawal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Water_Infrastructure_Act_of_2018" title="America&#39;s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018">America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Foreign policy</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_Donald_Trump_during_the_2016_presidential_election" title="Foreign policy of Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election">as candidate</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_first_Donald_Trump_administration" title="Foreign policy of the first Donald Trump administration">as President</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/America_First_(policy)" title="America First (policy)">America First</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Immigration_policy_of_Donald_Trump" title="Immigration policy of Donald Trump">Immigration</a></span></li> <li><span 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