This year, I’ve been especially excited to celebrate Independence Day, given the overlap with America’s Semiquincentennial, the World Cup, President Trump’s 80th birthday, and Flag Day. Despite the complaints from the peanut gallery, nobody can say that Donald Trump doesn’t like to party, and most importantly, that he doesn’t love his country. When President Trump took office again in January of 2025, he set out to clean up and beautify American spaces to showcase the best America has to offer to world travelers. He codified this policy in an Executive Order signed in August of 2025 titled Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again.
