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Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 3 July 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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0:00.0	Good evening, President Trump wanted tanks and troops for the 4th of July, and now he's
0:04.5	got them.
0:05.5	But keep it up, honest, is the president of the U.S. trying to turn July 4th, traditionally
0:09.2	the ultimate celebration of and by the people, into a celebration of and by one person,
0:14.5	Donald J. Trump.
0:16.0	That's the question.
0:17.0	This tanks sit on a rail car in Southeast Washington waiting for their part in President
0:20.2	Trump's 4th of July show.
0:22.0	He's also given himself a prime speaking role, which presidents traditionally have not
0:25.6	done, and they'll be a military fly by, including the plane used as Air Force One
0:29.8	and the Blue Angels.
0:31.6	President has said to be planning the event down to the very last details, which in some
0:35.0	way makes perfect sense.
0:36.6	Donald Trump certainly knows the thing or two about branding, and if you can link yourself
0:40.3	with America's most important national celebration, why wouldn't you?
0:44.4	Sure, you risk making it all about yourself, but that doesn't seem to be a problem for
0:47.7	this president.
0:48.7	Now, the president certainly likes to embrace the symbols of nationhood.
0:53.4	Sometimes literally, he makes a show of hugging the flag at some campaign appearances.
0:58.0	Trump claims to have the armed forces on his side politically, and he was famously taken
1:02.2	by the parade he witnessed during a trip to France two years ago.
1:05.2	No one questions the enjoyment he gets out of these things, and as a military history
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