How the Trumps Conquered July Fourth

For Patriot Dreams • Plimpton on Fireworks • July 4th's Secret History [View this email in your browser]( [Advertisement]( [Powered by LiveIntent]( [AdChoices]( How the Trumps Conquered July Fourth Good morning! Pardon the interruption, dear reader, as you apply [luxe sunscreens](, say, or defrost your [Amish ham steaks](. But we simply couldn’t let the holiday pass without sharing the latest reporting from Emily Jane Fox on Javanka’s adventures in the Orient, the melodrama surrounding Don Jr.’s girlfriend, and how the royal Trumps are reeling in the Fourth. Plus: four patriotic stories from the Vanity Fair vault to slake your thirst for poolside entertainment. George Plimpton on fireworks! Christopher Hitchens on patriotism! And much, much more—temporarily unlocked for your reading pleasure. To retain forever access to every issue in our archive, [subscribe today](! [Donald Trump Jr, Tiffany Trump, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump]( [“Surreal”: How the Royal Trumps Conquered July Fourth and Everything Else]( By [Emily Jane Fox]( [President Trump is taking over the National Mall with tanks while Prince Jared and Princess Ivanka, fresh from global star turns, are invading the Hamptons—with not a word about the border.]( [George Plimpton on Fireworks]( [Fizzing, flashing, whizzing, crashing: The late writer, editor, and patrician raconteur celebrates the wonders of pyrotechnics.]( [Christopher Hitchens on Patriotism]( [Drawn to the New York skyline before the World Trade Center was built, the author found his true country in the shadow of the Twin Towers, where he discovered all politics are not local.]( [Judy Bachrach on the Patriot Act]( [The revolution inside John Ashcroft’s Justice Department was fueled by the attorney generals ambition, intelligence, and unusually extreme beliefs about everything from the similarities between himself and Jesus to the purported demonic properties of calico cats. But as the author discovered in this 2004 classic, the backlash was only just beginning.]( [The Secret History of America’s First Birthday]( [Before it was the Fourth, we celebrated the Fifth. In this 1926 classic, Vanity Fair’s Corey Ford reflects on the invention of our national pastimes and offers some titillating diversions for glorifying the glorious Forth.]( [Advertisement]( [Powered by LiveIntent]( [AdChoices]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Copyright © Condé Nast 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.