The Freedom 250 concert series, for which Donald Trump assembled a lineup of past-their-prime acts from the 1980s and ’90s who swiftly began canceling, was supposed to begin on Thursday night. Instead, the president scheduled a rally in Washington on Thursday night.
According to the AP, the president “formally kicked off celebrations for America’s 250th anniversary on Wednesday night by working to get the country excited again — about himself.” The event featured country music singer Lee Greenwood, military plane flyovers, and, of course, a speech by Trump himself.
“There has never been anything like the United States of America, and together we are making it bigger and better and stronger and far more exceptional than ever before,” the president said. He went on to tout his own immigration policies.
“The American Dream is alive again. It’s something that nobody thought they’d be saying when you went through that last four years of incompetence,” he went on to say.
However, as noted in a video released by Bulwark, a fairly large number of members of the crowd began leaving before the event was over, and Trump was still speaking:
Crowds flock towards the exit in the middle of Trump’s speech. pic.twitter.com/bM3DPhsM4M
— The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) June 25, 2026
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Social media users were amused by the crowd calling it an early night:
A time-honored tradition. pic.twitter.com/33LWX1BwVq
— Amygator Redux 🐊 (@AmygatorRedux) June 25, 2026
People thought they were getting a cool America 250 celebration, but it’s just the Moron in Chief doing another stupid, whiny, lie filled rally. https://t.co/LpMFLGwS8z
— Cuckturd (@CattardSlim) June 25, 2026
Even the MAGA cult has had enough of #DementiaDon’s rambling, incoherent bullshit! Sad! https://t.co/WRmqM57Eur
— 😱 Scary Larry 😱 🇺🇦✊🏻🇺🇸🗽 (@aintscarylarry) June 25, 2026
He couldn’t even freshen up the lies. Still bsing about over 400% drops in pharmaceutical prices. That’s not a thing. https://t.co/a93sfjrdZ7
— MAGA Cult Slayer🦅🇺🇸 (@MAGACult2) June 25, 2026
Near the end of the 2024 campaign, I went to a Trump rally in Macon, Georgia.
Crowds of his supporters started streaming out almost as soon as he started speaking.
So I interviewed several of them.
My impression is that they were there just to post videos on Instragram to show… https://t.co/pFJpaTD1fH
— Robert Graham (@robertgraham) June 25, 2026
Photo courtesy of an X screenshot.