
2025-08-11 15:38:59
Today, as we approach the Declaration of Independence’s semiquincentennial,
Donald Trump and his allies claim the Revolution for themselves.
They have made fealty to the American Revolution part of their culture war against “woke” progressivism.
The Revolution has become a pawn in Trump’s politics of retribution against the country’s supposed cultural enemies.
Trump and his allies claim to be patriots
while regularly violating the principles outlined in the D…