{"id":2623898,"date":"2026-07-04T17:59:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T21:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-touts-dc-crowds-and-downplays-heat-wave-isnt-as-bad-as-predicted\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T18:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T22:00:10","slug":"trump-touts-dc-crowds-and-downplays-heat-wave-isnt-as-bad-as-predicted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-touts-dc-crowds-and-downplays-heat-wave-isnt-as-bad-as-predicted\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump touts DC crowds and downplays heat wave: &#8216;Isn&#8217;t as bad as predicted&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-touts-dc-crowds-and-downplays-heat-wave-isnt-as-bad-as-predicted%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2623898&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump praised the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-dept-says-multiple-u-s-citizens-killed-in-stampede-in-israel\/\" title=\"State Dept. says multiple U.S. citizens killed in stampede in Israel\">large crowds gathered<\/a> in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the United States&#8217; 250th Independence Day, expressing that the love for the country has never been stronger despite a heat wave that prompted some event cancellations. He also highlighted the success of flyovers and provided updates on the lincoln Memorial\u2019s Reflecting Pool, which will be repaired after the festivities. meanwhile, Washington faced an &#8220;Extreme Heat Warning&#8221; and severe thunderstorms were forecasted, leading organizers to adjust event schedules and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-basketball-player-shot-while-on-holiday-break-at-hometown\/\" title=\"College basketball player injured in hometown during holi... break\">increase safety measures<\/a> to ensure public safety. Trump emphasized the resilience and patriotism of Americans during the celebration and reflected positively on the overall onlookers&#8217; enthusiasm. Several related stories about the birthday celebrations, Trump&#8217;s financial gains from gaming platforms, and security concerns at Mount Rushmore were also featured.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> touted the crowds in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\">Washington, D.C.,<\/a> who came to celebrate the United States\u2019 250th <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/independence-day\/\">Independence Day<\/a> on Saturday afternoon while wishing the nation a happy Fourth of July ahead of an address tonight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump also downplayed the heat wave that started blanketing the East Coast earlier in the week, which prompted many <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/america-250\/\">America 250<\/a> events to be canceled on both Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4636264\/library-congress-america-250-birthday-cake\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Library of Congress celebrates America 250 with massive birthday cake<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4633301\/trump-profits-gaming-platform-child-predator-epidemic\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump profits financially from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/library-of-congress-celebrates-america-250-with-massive-birthday-cake\/\" title=\"Library of ... with massive birth... cake\">gaming platform facing legal trouble<\/a> for child predator epidemic<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4636028\/trump-resurgence-communist-menace-mount-rushmore-america-250\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump warns of \u2018resurgence of the Communist menace\u2019 during Mount Rushmore America 250 speech<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDespite the heat, which isn\u2019t as bad as predicted, the crowds in D.C. are INCREDIBLE!\u201d Trump said in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116863219932335821\">Truth Social post.<\/a> \u201cThe love of the Country has never been stronger!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Washington remained under an \u201cExtreme Heat Warning\u201d throughout Saturday, and a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5dc.com\/weather\/washington-dc-extreme-heat-wave-prompts-fourth-july-weather-warnings\">Severe Thunderstorm Warning<\/a> was issued late in the afternoon as humidity increased the chance of thunderstorms. The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/MapClick.php?CityName=Washington&#038;state=DC&#038;site=LWX&#038;lat=38.895&#038;lon=-77.0373\">National Weather Service<\/a> forecasted heat index values throughout the day could reach 110 degrees, and is now predicting an 80% chance of precipitation Saturday night. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn light of the current conditions, Freedom 250, United States Park Police, National Park Service, the United States Secret Service, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency have coordinated closely to adjust event timing and expand cooling resources, water stations, and medical support across the grounds,\u201d America 250 organizers said in a statement about canceling some of the events earlier on Saturday. \u201cThe safety and well-being of every guest remains our top priority as we celebrate this historic 250th Independence Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump praised the many flyovers that occurred throughout the day, touting the \u201cgreat pilots\u201d and \u201cgreat equipment\u201d while also saying he will begin Saturday night\u2019s speech at around 10:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4636160\/heat-wave-cancel-independence-day\/\"><strong>HEAT WAVE CANCELS SOME DC INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also provided an update on the Lincoln Memorial\u2019s Reflecting Pool in the post, saying it \u201clooks great, despite all it went through with the Vandal Thugs\u201d and that it will be drained and fixed after the weekend. A District of Columbia <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4634758\/olympian-indicted-reflecting-pool-vandalism\/\">grand jury indicted<\/a> a former U.S. Olympian on Thursday for allegedly vandalizing the pool last month, which has emerged as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/incensed-by-elon-musks-twitter-takeover-the-left-wont-even-pay-lip-service-to-free-speech\/\" title=\"Incensed By Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter Takeover, The Left Won\u2019t Even Pay Lip Service To Free ...\">top story ahead<\/a> of America 250.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inclement weather was also forecast ahead of last month\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4634535\/storms-splitting-white-house-ufc-fight-awesome-dana-white\/\">UFC Freedom 250<\/a> event at the White House, but no <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >severe weather affected<\/a> the fights.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump praised D.C. crowds for Independence Day amid heat concerns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3238,"featured_media":2623899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26185069779091_68f29f.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[82217,33478,36795,3634,82218],"class_list":["post-2623898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-dc-crowds","tag-heat-wave","tag-political-rally","tag-trump","tag-weather-commentary"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26185069779091_68f29f.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2623898"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2623902,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623898\/revisions\/2623902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2623899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2623898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2623898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2623898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}