Trump Is STEALING National Park Money For THIS...

Added: 2026-06-04

[00:00:00]If the Trump administration couldn't get any slimier, or if you thought the Trump administration couldn't get any slimier, well, you're in for a treat because it turns out that the administration is apparently attempting to take over $90 million in revenue from our national parks and redirect that money to Trump's Fourth of July celebration.

[00:00:30]Okay. Um, I have no problem with the White House engaging in Fourth of July celebrations. I welcome it. Fourth of July is lit and people should have a good time.

[00:00:42]Redirecting money from our national parks, which at this point might be the only thing our government is doing right for a Fourth of July celebration to the tune of $90 million, should enrage all of us. Our national parks, our state parks, our parks, period. Best part of the country, enjoyed by all Americans, right, left, young, old, doesn't matter. Our national parks make me love this country even more. Okay, I just the idea of denying them $90 million, redirecting $90 million for a single Fourth of July celebration is infuriating. But according to uh internal agency documents reviewed by the Washington Post, the Trump administration is diverting at least at least 90 million from entry fees to national parks such as Yellowstone and Yusede to DC to fund a $1.6 million fireworks display, more than five times as much as what is usually spent on the Fourth of July pyrochnics display. Why is that? What's up with the inflation of cost there? Is someone pocketing some of that money?

[00:01:57]Really? You're going to spend $1.6 million on fireworks?

[00:02:01]On fireworks, dude? Head over to Tijana. Okay, you can probably get the same amount of fireworks for like $50. Like, what are we doing? Anyway, there's more, though.

[00:02:17]So, uh, again, more than five times as much as what is usually spent on the Fourth of July pyrochnics display and $76 million to repair fountains.

[00:02:28]Fountains. Trump is such a And I mean that. I mean that in the actual literal definition of the word. Okay?

[00:02:35]Like, I've never met or seen a president who is so obsessed with interior design and freaking fountains. $76 million for fountains.

[00:02:47]So roughly 100 national parks representing a quarter of all of our national parks do in fact collect entry fees as they should because uh most of that money is actually used to maintain the national parks and and pay for the operations. So yeah, they collect a fee.

[00:03:06]The fee itself is not that expensive, but when you consider how many people visit our national parks, that money adds up. At least 20% though does go to a general fund that can go to expenses across the park system.

[00:03:21]So as of last month, at least $15 million in park fee revenue had been approved specifically for the DC area.

[00:03:30]Why? Oh, because Trump wants fancier fountains. Only 27 million approved for all other purposes nationwide. So, um, they might not even get that, by the way. And according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke to the Washington Post on condition of anonymity, they say that agency leadership told park superintendent in one region of the country in April that fee money would no longer be available to them because DC needed the funding due to budget constraints. Those officials offered no details on how the money would be spent. Okay. A note that senior agency officials sent to staff in April also said that parks should not expect any money from a contingency fund to cover unforeseen costs in order to cover the cost of the nation's 250th anniversary and DC beautifification.

[00:04:27]So, why don't we get granular here? Why don't we take a look at exactly what the Trump administration is uh spending that money on? Right? They're denying our national park system of $90 million. $90 million that they themselves collected in park entrance fees. Okay, what is he going to use the money for? We already know he's going to spend close to $2 million on freaking fireworks, but there's more than that. So, let's take a look at this graph. So this graph um or this map I should say is from the post and it actually outlines the various renovations or beautififications that the Trump administration is carrying out specifically in DC mostly for the US's 250th birthday. So this includes $13 million on repairs for Lafayette uh square fountain in front of the White House.

[00:05:21]$13 million to repair one or renovate one fountain, $5.7 million for the Simone Boulevard uh Boulevard memorial fountain in front of the interior department. It cost $5.7 million. Really? Come on. $47 million on other unnamed fountains on the National Mall and 9 $9.2 million to resurface the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

[00:05:51]Just leave our national parks alone, please. Is there anything the federal government won't f up? I'm serious.

[00:06:01]Don't Don't deny them the money they need for their operations and park maintenance so you can renovate freaking fountains.

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