A celebration intended to honor the founding of the United States is rapidly being repackaged as a celebration of Trump himself: his movement, his grievances, his white supremacy, his misogyny, and his power. The Roman emperors understood the deal they were making with the public: bread and circuses. Trump has inverted the formula. He’s keeping the circus and taking away the bread.

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