Trump is reportedly the planner-in-chief of D.C.'s Fourth of July bash. The result is a spectacular mess.

Lincoln Memorial.
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Yes, the Fourth of July is this Thursday.

That may have been obvious to anyone with a calendar, but President Trump apparently needed a reminder. That's because he's running Washington, D.C.'s Independence Day extravaganza, and he still has a lot of details left to figure out, The Washington Post reports.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.