On a side note, to nobody in particular, I’m having trouble reconciling the speech at Mt. Rushmore with nearly everyone’s take on it. It started with typical coordinated and well-funded marxist disruption tactics, but it all seemed kind of tense and weird and at the end of that little scene, if it’s even possible, my opinion of the protesters was even lower, they really just seemed like losers even more than usual.

I was struck by what I perceived to be a cold aggression in Trump’s speech. It was not the usual rhetoric and showmanship, and I was very surprised how clearly and aggressively he made his overall case. If there were any punches pulled, it slipped me by.

Finally, I found the music choices with the fireworks to be very patriotic (duh) but several sections were also much more aggressive in tone than anything traditionally played at these events, and more Christian than usual. It ended with the battle hymn which isn’t unheard of, but it was to my ear an interesting capstone on a very interesting and unusual pre-celebration.

I think it’s going to be happening, boys. I can feel it.