NYT Guest Essay: Trump Ruined the Fourth of July for Me; All the Colors Make My Heart Ache
This story raises questions about governance, accountability, and American values.
There’s a particular kind of July 4th essay that shows up like clockwork: the writer sees a flag at the grocery store and spirals. This week the New York Times ran a guest piece headlined “Trump Ruined the Fourth of July for Me; All the Colors Make My Heart Ache,” as if half the country’s backyard cookouts are a personal affront. We get it.
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There’s a particular kind of July 4th essay that shows up like clockwork: the writer sees a flag at the grocery store and spirals. This week the New York Times ran a guest piece headlined “Trump Ruined the Fourth of July for Me; All the Colors Make My Heart Ache,” as if half the country’s backyard cookouts are a personal affront.
We get it. Politics is exhausting. But if red, white, and blue makes you feel wounded, the problem isn’t the colors. It’s the insistence that normal civic pride is now a coded rally. Most Americans aren’t “making a statement” when they hang bunting. They’re grilling, watching fireworks, and trying to raise kids who don’t hate their neighbors.
The Times keeps rewarding this performative melancholy because it flatters its readers: you’re not just disappointed, you’re morally tender. Meanwhile, the people who actually hold the country together, the ones who show up to work on July 5th, are left to wonder why loving your own nation has to come with an apology.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.