A crowd waits at the Lincoln Memorial for the July Fourth fireworks last year. (Calla Kessler/The Washington Post)ColumnistThe white marble steps of the Lincoln Memorial are a sacred place for America. His insistence on speaking at the Lincoln Memorial — and undoubtedly delivering the narcissistic ramblings that are the hallmark of his appearances — is an affront to President Abraham Lincoln’s spare brilliance, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963. Now Trump will leave his mark on the Lincoln Memorial.

Source: Washington Post June 06, 2019 18:26 UTC