Why Trump’s 250 Grand Prix Is a Really Bad Idea

President Donald Trump is a whiz at creating problems out of things that you never, ever worried about before. The latest concerns the Freedom 250 Grand Prix (“Let Freedom Rev!”), an Indy 500 race set for August 22 and 23 around the National Mall. The Grand Prix threatens damage to what may be the densest concentration of historic, scientific, and fine arts treasures anywhere in the United States, from the 76-by-30-foot Calder mobile dangling from the ceiling of the East Wing of the National…