Our nation’s 250th anniversary this year gives President Donald Trump a unique opportunity to shape the midterm elections in his favor. Trump should deliver three major speeches commemorating freedom and democracy, the first at Normandy, France, on June 6 for the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day invasion. A second major address should take place at Valley Forge on July Fourth, and a third at Gettysburg on Labor Day.

The goal should be to frame the midterm elections as a stark choice between Democratic ideologues who believe America is an evil force in the world and Republicans who, in the words of President Abraham Lincoln, see our country as “the last best hope of Earth.” 

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To that end, a major address at the Normandy American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach has the potential to reshape U.S. and European views of Operation Epic Fury and Trump’s newly assertive approach to the defense of America’s national interests. Two-thirds of U.S. voters think Trump hasn’t explained his reasons for this war well enough. Although approval is rising slightly among domestic audiences, the majority of independent voters disapprove of the war. Polls taken after the bombs began dropping show that Europeans now think America is more of a threat to world peace than China. 

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