--- title: Trump Tweets "Hold the Date" For Fourth of July Fireworks description: "HOLD THE DATE!" canonical: https://time.com/5536262/trump-fourth-july-twitter/ author: Tara Law article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-02-24T21:26:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:52:55.553Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump's Fourth of July Fireworks Announcement Received Widespread Confusion on Social Media og:description: "HOLD THE DATE!" og:url: https://time.com/5536262/trump-fourth-july-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3e777fc99a107b7/698945c2929fad9e2cbf2c42/washington-fireworks.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Fireworks-Washington-D.C. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump's Fourth of July Fireworks Announcement Received Widespread Confusion on Social Media twitter:description: "HOLD THE DATE!" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3e777fc99a107b7/698945c2929fad9e2cbf2c42/washington-fireworks.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump's Fourth of July Fireworks Announcement Sparked Widespread Confusion on Social Media > Sponsored content. 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While you're out celebrating the 4th of July, don’t forget to thank China for supplying the fireworks._  by [Tara Law](https://time.com/author/tara-law/)  ## Tara Law Feb 24, 2019 9:26 PM UTC  Fireworks explode overhead at the U.S. Capitol and the Washington Monument on Independence Day July 4, 2018 in Washington, DC. Fireworks explode overhead at the U.S. Capitol and the Washington Monument on Independence Day July 4, 2018 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong—Getty Images  by [Tara Law](https://time.com/author/tara-law/)  ## Tara Law Feb 24, 2019 9:26 PM UTC One of President Donald Trump’s Sunday morning tweets inspired hecklers when he declared that he planned to hold a major fireworks display in the U.S. capital on the Fourth of July. Tweeting at 7:43 a.m., Trump urged his followers to “HOLD THE DATE!” “We will be having one of the biggest gatherings in the history of Washington, D.C., on July 4,” the President tweeted. “It will be called ‘A Salute To America’ and will be held at the Lincoln Memorial. Major fireworks display, entertainment and an address by your favorite President, me!” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1099651121088466946) Trump, who has hosted many [rowdy](http://time.com/5527466/cameraman-shoved-trump-rally/) campaign rallies, is also known to be a fan of patriotic spectacles. He notoriously tried to plan a grand military parade through Washington, which could have cost the country as much as [$92 million](http://time.com/5370265/american-legion-trump-military-parade/) and was ultimately canceled after being widely [criticized](http://time.com/5137317/donald-trump-military-parade-officers/). The tweet was met with immediate widespread scorn across Twitter. Some joked that the President seems to think that he invented the Fourth of July – reminding everyone that the National Mall hosts a fireworks display to mark the holiday every year. “Fireworks in DC? At the Lincoln Memorial? On the Fourth of July? This is some real outside of the box thinking,” tweeted Dan Pfeiffer of Crooked Media. > [](https://twitter.com/danpfeiffer/status/1099666459855187969) > [](https://twitter.com/JohnFugelsang/status/1099713288290603008) > [](https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1099682827208220672) A popular meme spread, declaring “HOLD THE DATE” and pretending to have invented other holidays. “HOLD THE DATE! We will be having one of the biggest religious celebrations in the history of Christianity on Dec. 25\. It will be called ‘Christmas’ and everybody will get gifts! Thanks to your favorite president, me!” wrote Ron Fournier. > [](https://twitter.com/ron%5Ffournier/status/1099658117774749698) > [](https://twitter.com/JasonIsbell/status/1099768982435840000) > [](https://twitter.com/karenrayphoto/status/1099723978698969088) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5536262/trump-fourth-july-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5536262/trump-fourth-july-twitter/"},"headline":"President Trump's Fourth of July Fireworks Announcement Sparked Widespread Confusion on Social Media","datePublished":"2019-02-24T21:26:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:52:55.553Z","description":"\"HOLD THE DATE!\"","url":"https://time.com/5536262/trump-fourth-july-twitter/","keywords":["White House","Holidays","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3e777fc99a107b7/698945c2929fad9e2cbf2c42/washington-fireworks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tara Law","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tara-law/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte3e777fc99a107b7/698945c2929fad9e2cbf2c42/washington-fireworks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Fireworks-Washington-D.C.","caption":"Fireworks Explode Over Nation's Capital In Celebration Of Independence Day","creditText":"Alex Wong—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5536262/trump-fourth-july-twitter/","name":"President Trump's Fourth of July Fireworks Announcement Sparked Widespread Confusion on Social Media"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Here’s Who to Thank for Your 4th of July Fireworks Show","description":"While you're out celebrating the 4th of July, don’t forget to thank China for supplying the fireworks.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/73vKmLoe/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-07-03T16:10:03.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/73vKmLoe.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5536262/trump-fourth-july-twitter/","duration":"PT56S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5536262/trump-fourth-july-twitter/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```