Tanks!

Trump brought the tanks.

Donald J. Trump will use the U.S. military for a political rally and the junk food media is going to cover it. The Independence Day celebration in Washington will be controversial because Trump is using this as a rally call for Republicans to support his 2020 bid.

Trump promises the cost of this will be "very little compared to what it is worth."

The cost of the event is expensive. Military vehicles were moved in front of the Lincoln Memorial for Thursday event.

ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Telemundo will not show the event.

MSNBC might. C-SPAN and Fox News will cover the entire event.

Several military top leaders will not be attending this event. The Washington, DC airspace within 50 miles is going to be closed off.

So that means delays between Dulles International Airport, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thurgood Marshall Baltimore-Washington International Airport and local airspace is off limits.

Trump will do his routine about how he and his kind love America and how he wants to win reelection. Those in attendance will likely be supporters of Trump. James Woods, Rush Limbaugh, Sean "Softball" Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) and others will probably be in attendance.

It's been nearly seven decades since a president spoke there on Independence Day. The U.S. was at war in Korea when Harry Truman addressed a large gathering on the Washington Monument grounds, marking the 175th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

There's no such historical marker Thursday for Trump, who for the past two years has sought a moment to orchestrate a display of America’s military prowess.

He's calling his event a "Salute to America," honoring the armed forces, and he'll speak at the Lincoln Memorial in front of a ticket-only, VIP crowd of Republican donors, administration and campaign officials, family members and those who flock to see him or protest what they see as a divisive intrusion on a traditionally unifying national holiday.