4th Of July
The administration is holding the event again this year, despite coronavirus concerns.
"The only prudent thing to do to tamp down this recent uptick is to crack down on recreational activities," said Miami-Dade County's mayor.
“Most likely we’ll be standing 6 feet apart” in a “very, very interesting way," the president said last month.
Official record sticks with president's bizarre gaffe.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
July Fourth celebrations and protests, plus preparations for two international sporting events, round out this week's images.
Early American soldiers "took over airports," the president said during his July 4 speech. They did not.
They thought the barriers were some kind of metaphor.
The Republican National Committee was accused of trying to cash in on the holiday.
The Army also "manned the air and rammed the ramparts," Trump said at the Lincoln Memorial.
But the "nonpolitical" National Mall event’s tepid turnout is likely to trigger fresh anger from the criticism-sensitive Trump.