MyAmerica turns 250 in a few days.
And somehow we’ve convinced ourselves that whether we’re allowed to celebrate depends on who’s sitting in the White House.
That’s insane.
Donald Trump is not America.
Joe Biden wasn’t America.
Barack Obama wasn’t America.
The president is America’s employee. A temporary caretaker. That’s it.
But every four years, millions of us act like patriotism is now owned by whichever political team happens to be winning.
If your attitude is, “I’m not celebrating America’s birthday because Trump is president,” you’ve already made the country smaller than it actually is.
America is 250 years old.
Donald Trump gets eight.
That’s the ratio.
And here’s the part people keep forgetting:
The same country that elected Trump is also the country that limits Trump.
The courts limit him.
Congress limits him.
The Constitution limits him.
States limit him.
Voters limit him.
Even when Trump acts like he wants to be king, the story isn’t just Trump. The story is that America keeps reminding him he isn’t one.
Think about it.
In 2020, he refused to concede.
Yet he still left office.
He pushed policies Congress wouldn’t support.
Many got blocked.
Many got changed.
Many never happened.
Because America is bigger than any president.
That’s the entire point of the system.
So when July 4th gets here, stop acting like you’re deciding whether to attend Trump’s party.
It’s not Trump’s party.
It’s yours.
It’s mine.
It’s ours.
A quarter of a millennium of victories, failures, progress, hypocrisy, innovation, mistakes, wars, freedoms, and second chances.
Celebrate America.
Criticize America.
Fight to improve America.
But don’t hand ownership of America to any politician.
Because the moment you do, you’ve already forgotten what America was supposed to be.
Happy Birthday. You have two Weeks to think about it.
- R❌AN SMITH
You Don’t Have to Agree With Me On Everything
In fact… I’d be worried if you did…
These five videos cover some of the biggest questions facing America today. Watch them, challenge them, argue with them, and decide for yourself.
It’s an hour well spent, and just a taste of what you have in the archive now, and in the months and years to come .
