MSNBC's Eugene Robinson on the Idea of President Trump Speaking on 4th of July: 'I Think It's Awful'

Ryan Foley | July 3, 2019
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Appearing on Morning Joe Tuesday, The Washington Post's Eugene Robinson did not react well to President Trump's planned "salute to America" in honor of Independence Day. Robinson slammed President Trump for making Washington, DC's annual Fourth of July festivities into "a combination Trump rally and Kim Jong-un style military parade" before appearing to trash the idea that any President would address the nation on the Fourth of July: "Presidents don't speak at the Fourth of July...It's the people's day. It's not the President's day. He's trying to turn it into something else...I think it's awful."