As Trump prepares to turn Independence Day into a political rally, the question is not why he has decided to crash the nation's birthday party on the Mall, but why he didn't do it sooner.
One by one, he has tried to remake our holidays to his benefit.
He claimed credit for saving Christmas, so that "everybody's very proud to be saying 'Merry Christmas' again."
On Thanksgiving, he proclaimed his gratitude for himself and "having made a tremendous difference."
He attempted a grand Veterans Day military parade — reviewed by him — and when he failed to make that happen, he skipped the traditional visit to Arlington National Cemetery because he was “extremely busy .