How Trump took over America’s 250th

America's 250th anniversary celebrations, originally planned by the bipartisan America250 organization, have been overshadowed by President Donald Trump's Freedom250 initiative. America250 received only $25 million of the expected $100 million in federal funding, leading to scaled-back programming, while Freedom250 took over major events like the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library opening and the Smithsonian's Folklife Festival space on the National Mall.