Trump caps summer of US 250th birthday with auto race through Washington
The race caps a summer of 250th anniversary events and is expected to draw roughly 200,000 spectators, officials said.
- On Sunday, President Donald Trump will wave the green flag to start the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington, capping America's 250th anniversary celebration with a first-of-its-kind IndyCar race through the capital's streets.
- The race highlights summer-long America 250 festivities after Trump issued an executive order directing the Transportation Department to design the course, bypassing Congress when the original Capitol-area proposal stalled over advertising restrictions.
- More than 100,000 spectators are expected to attend the 1.7-mile circuit with free admission, while corporate sponsors including Boeing, SpaceX, and Delta Air Lines support the event where 25 drivers will reach speeds up to 180 miles per hour.
- President Trump will take a ceremonial lap in the presidential limousine, known as "The Beast," before the race begins, while officials pause air traffic at Ronald Reagan National Airport for three hours to accommodate military flyovers.
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A military conflict with Iran that does not end. A fresh trade war with neighboring Canada. Instability in the public debt markets. Falling in popularity rates and half-term elections around the corner where polls favor opposition. U.S. President Donald Trump put aside all those problems this Sunday in favor of a much more pleasurable activity: giving the starting flag to an Indycar car race in the streets of a Washington turned, for a day, into…
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op-online.deThe Maga celebration on the occasion of the 250th birthday of the USA comes to a conclusion. In Washington it gets loud again – and really expensive.
At an IndyCar race to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, President Donald Trump made an honorary round on the track in the middle of Washington.
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