{"id":909,"date":"2026-07-02T23:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T23:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/?p=909"},"modified":"2026-07-02T23:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T23:39:07","slug":"watch-trumps-dystopia-takes-over-the-national-mall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/?p=909","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Trump\u2019s Dystopia Takes Over the National Mall"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"National Guard troops look toward the reflecting pool\" class=\"wp-image-908\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/420a70a1cb40b8486330aab7db37af30-1024x575.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/420a70a1cb40b8486330aab7db37af30-1024x575.webp 1024w, https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/420a70a1cb40b8486330aab7db37af30-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/420a70a1cb40b8486330aab7db37af30-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/420a70a1cb40b8486330aab7db37af30-1536x863.webp 1536w, https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/420a70a1cb40b8486330aab7db37af30-1280x720.webp 1280w, https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/420a70a1cb40b8486330aab7db37af30.webp 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cLoitering is not permitted<\/span> in this area,\u201d an audio recording sternly warns, as uniformed National Guard troops patrol Washington\u2019s iconic, algae-plagued reflecting pool. \u201cPlease proceed to a designated location.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/?p=906\">\u201cHe\u2019s Mister Iran\u201d: How\u00a0Netanyahu Made a Better Iran Deal Impossible<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Journalist Amanda Moore\u2019s dystopian video, shot last weekend just steps from the Lincoln Memorial, instantly went viral\u2014a perfect 8-second encapsulation of American democracy under Donald Trump. Amanda has spent the past 18 months documenting the chaos and brutality of the administration\u2019s militarized takeovers and immigration raids in cities across the country. Her footage has been shocking, often horrifying. But it\u2019s never before been quite so absurd. (Well, maybe once.)<\/p>\n<p>In her latest video report for <em>Mother Jones<\/em>, Amanda takes us on a tour of the Trumpified National Mall as the nation attempts to celebrate its 250th birthday. Not far from the reflecting pool\u2019s nanobubblers and security theater, there\u2019s a very different scene: Trump\u2019s Great America State Fair. When Amanda visited this marquee anniversary event, she found a dearth of visitors, a shortage of napkins, and a decaying model of the triumphal arch the president wants to build across the Potomac.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/?p=903\">The State Department\u2019s New Recruiting Contractor Wants More Christian Diplomats<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The symbolism here is about as subtle as a Jon McNaughton painting. If I hadn\u2019t seen Amanda\u2019s reporting, I never would have believed it was real.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/?p=900\">Trump Is Using Your Money to Pollute Our Air This July 4th<\/a><\/p>\n<div><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NZIUqUdoz2I\" title=\"YouTube Shorts player\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/article>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A week of absurdity at the reflecting pool and the Great American State Fair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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