Trump Honors Armed Services on Independence Day

In all the arguments about President Trump's speech at the Lincoln Memorial on Independence Day, July 4, 2019, one thing seems to have been missed out.

What did he actually talk about?

I'm glad you asked, Senator.

First, he welcomed the distinguished guests.

Then he talked about the Declaration of Independence, and how Gen. Washington had it read to the troops in New York City facing the Brit invasion fleet.

Then, he mentioned the Constitution.

Then he celebrated explorers, the patriots that ended slavery, fought for civil rights, and expanded liberty; the inventors, the astronauts, culture and the arts, not to mention

the musical, the motion picture, the Western, the World Series, the Super Bowl, the skyscraper, the suspension bridge, the assembly line, and the mighty American automobile.

Then he called out living patriots in the audience by name that had made great contributions to America.

Then he mentioned service members that had died for our country, and their Gold Star families present at the speech.

Then he thanked Clarence Henderson, who in 1960 sat down at the segregated "Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina."

Then he mentioned the

heroes who defined our national character — from George Washington, John Adams, and Betsy Ross, to Douglass — you know, Fredrick Douglass — (applause) — the great Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, Amelia Earhart, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Jackie Robinson, and, of course, John Glenn.  

Then, for the second half of the speech, the president honored the armed services of the United States in turn, starting with the Coast Guard, then the Air Force, then the Navy, and finally the Army. At the end of each tribute, there was a flyby of military planes.

At the end of the speech he told us that America was the bestest nation ever and that it would live for ever and ever.

We will always be the people who defeated a tyrant, crossed a continent, harnessed science, took to the skies, and soared into the heavens because we will never forget that we are Americans and the future belongs to us.  (Applause.)

The future belongs to the brave, the strong, the proud, and the free.  We are one people, chasing one dream, and one magnificent destiny.  We all share the same heroes, the same home, the same heart, and we are all made by the same Almighty God.  (Applause.)

And from the banks of the Chesapeake to the cliffs of California, from the humming shores of the Great Lakes to the sand dunes of the Carolinas, from the fields of the Heartland to the everglades of Florida, the spirit of American independence will never fade, never fail, but will reign forever and ever and ever.  (Applause.)

What, so to speak, is not to like?

Or, to put it another way. What is the point of a president who does not extol the United States of America and the American people to the heavens?