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Opinion contributor Max Burns tells the Hill that America\u2019s 250th birthday should have been \u201ca celebration to end all celebrations.\u201d But in its place comes a frayed presentation of one injured man\u2019s delicate feelings.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe nation\u2019s biggest birthday yet could have been an opportunity for both commemoration and recommitment, a festival marking a quarter millennium of democracy and a challenge to envision a bolder, better, brighter America for the generations to come,\u201d writes Burns. \u201cInstead, we got a canceled Vanilla Ice concert, a half-painted Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, and a massive UFC arena on the White House lawn.\u201d<\/p>\n

Few Americans appear excited about the America 250 celebration because it\u2019s become President Donald Trump\u2019s America 250 celebration \u2014 and people are weary of paying attention to Trum and his attempt to rebrand the nation into a party dedicated to himself. <\/p>\n

\u201cGiven his talk of a MAGA rally on the National Mall and marking the nation\u2019s big day with his own face on a new $250 bill, Trump\u2019s bottomless ego has made it impossible for anyone who isn\u2019t a die-hard supporter to enjoy what should be a shared cultural moment,\u201d said Burns. <\/p>\n

Making matters worse is the unravelling architecture of U.S. culture, with Burns pointing out a Fall 2025 Harvard Youth Poll finding that only one-third of young people believe Americans with different political views actually want what is best for the country. And just 17 percent of respondents say they believe the government will \u201cdo what is right,\u201d according to the Pew Research Center.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe increasingly view ourselves as surrounded by enemies and deceivers, lost in a media landscape that constantly tells us no one can be trusted,\u201d said Burns. \u201c\u2026 Trump built his political brand on feeding conspiracy theories that directed hate and suspicion toward everyone from scientists to school teachers to nonprofit organizations, windmills, Pope Leo XIV and even his own political party. Now those conspiracy theories have gone mainstream, to the point where Americans no longer see themselves as one culture but two, locked in deadly combat for the future of their nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a bad time to throw a party, said Burns, much less a party twisted into a celebration of \u201cTrump worship,\u201d or a \u201cpep rally for the MAGA right.\u201d<\/p>\n

The president\u2019s mighty celebration has fallen so pitiably to pieces with artists abandoning the farce that he dismissed his own idea as \u201coverpriced\u201d and \u201cboring\u201d before demanding it be canceled.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Trump\u2019s mind, the public can have him center stage for the nation\u2019s 250th birthday celebration or it can have nothing. It has always been obvious that Trump had a hokey and low-class vision for the America 250 celebration; his interest in celebrating the country and its people never ran much deeper than the chance to slap his name on a few branded events,\u201d said Burns. \u201cWhat Trump doesn\u2019t realize is that Americans would prefer nothing at all to another one of Trump\u2019s self-glorifying publicity stunts. His record-low approval rating should make that painfully clear. <\/p>\n

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