This July 4th we celebrated the 250th birthday of this country.

Last week our president and his activist judges aimed to change birthright citizenship, a law that has been in place since the founding of the country. Fortunately they failed.

Roughly a week later, the same man called the FIFA president after a controversial refereeing decision suspended the USMNT’s best player for the next match. Folarin Balogun, the player in question, is an American citizen that was born in Brooklyn due to the fact his mother was not allowed on the plane back to England because of being seven months pregnant. Balogun’s three goals matched the most by an American in any World Cup. He also holds citizenship in England and Nigeria.

The scheduled 250th celebration at the National Mall in D.C. coincided with the World Cup drama. Thunderstorms raged where civil rights activists once stood and listened to King’s “I Have a Dream” speech sixty-three years ago. The storms were so strong that attendees of the event had to be evacuated. Clad in American flags and Make America Great Again gear, many attendees sheltered in place in the National Museum of African-American History and Culture.

¡USA!