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Two-hundred and fifty years after the founders signed the Declaration of Independence, President Donald Trump is attempting to \u201cvulgarize\u201d the meaning of America, turning it into a celebration that is very much unlike the America those same signatories intended, argues Bill Kristol at The Bulwark.<\/p>\n

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Fortunately, Kristol says, Trump\u2019s \u201cattempt to usurp America\u2019s moment\u2014and meaning\u2014is failing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not just that Trump\u2019s policies fly in the face of the principles of the Declaration, and seek to undermine a government that secures our rights and derives its just powers from the consent of the governed,\u201d Kristol writes. \u201cIt\u2019s also that Trump is doing his best to horn in on the celebration, to turn it into his event, not ours, to vulgarize it according to his taste, to personalize it in accord with his narcissism, and to distort its meaning in line with his prejudices.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kristol points to the \u201cunseemly\u201d Rededicate 250 celebration on the National Mall earlier this month, a prayer fest focused on Christian nationalism, according to critics.<\/p>\n

He also points to the \u201cgrotesque 250-foot Trump arch desecrating Arlington National Cemetery,\u201d which Trump said would be dedicated to himself.<\/p>\n

U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) said he plans to introduce legislation to bar the arch from being built.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTrump is not trying to build this arch to commemorate national heroes, servicemembers who lie in Arlington National Cemetery, or to celebrate freedom,\u201d Beyer said, as The Guardian reported. \u201cHe did not dedicate it to the American people or our country\u2019s greatness. Asked who this arch is for, Trump said, simply: \u2018me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Kristol also points to the proposed Trump $250 bill that, should it be printed, appears to violate federal law \u2014 or would need at least an act of Congress. There\u2019s also the $1.776 billion \u201cslush fund to be dispersed to January 6th insurrectionists,\u201d which a federal judge just temporarily put on hold.<\/p>\n

Kristol calls for all those efforts to be blocked by Congress and the judiciary.<\/p>\n

The public opposes the triumphal arch, he notes, and even congressional Republicans don\u2019t appear interested in repealing the law that would need to be changed to allow a live person\u2019s face on the nation\u2019s currency.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump may succeed in pulling off individual events and even projects, for now. But his attempted hijacking of the meaning of America is failing,\u201d says Kristol. Americans \u201chave reason to be increasingly confident that Trump won\u2019t succeed in using our 250th birthday to corrupt our civic traditions. We have increasing reason to think that the American people aren\u2019t being seduced by his vision of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

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