Start your engines! Trump completes fast and furious takeover of Washington with IndyCar race

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Right · Published: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 21:39:42 GMT

US president, pushing on with Freedom 250 festivities, makes over nation’s capital for Trump rally on wheelsKyle Kirkwood wins Freedom 250 IndyCar race after Trump waves the green flagHe got the wrong end of the stick. Donald Trump couldn’t figure out how to hold the green flag until his wife, Melania Trump, and Command Sgt Maj Matt Williams set him right. Then the US president waved the flag fast and furious like an excited schoolboy. The race was under way – and his conquest of Washington DC was complete.Since returning to Washington, Trump has deployed the national guard, wrecked the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, demolished the East Wing of the White House and run the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts into the ground. His face adorns the Department of Justice, and he still has grand plans for a triumphal arch worthy of a Roman emperor. Continue reading...

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