brought a baby trump balloon to the mall only to have it grounded. protesters blasted the president's salute. >> you see this whole military parade thing and it reminds you of north korea or nazi germany. we don't think it's right. >> there shouldn't be tanks in the capitol for this because that's just not normal. >> in the end, the sky above the nation's capitol lit with spectacular fireworks. a wet and peaceful independence day free of political rancor and division. we will see how long that lasts, guys. pete: griff, thanks a lot. ed: all the free game hype. the president is going to be political and negative. instead he talked about america being great. he talked about american exceptionalism and about our great military. it was the democrats in iowa and other campaign spots who were bashing the president. they were the ones going negative. jedediah: incredibly unifying message paying tribute to our history. nothing in there that anyone could say oh he made this