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Trump concludes RNC 2020 with opera and dazzling fireworks, Internet reminds him '180,000 Americans are dead'

The final night of the Republican National Convention 2020 concluded with a firework display that read 'Trump 2020' over Washington Monuments

The final night of the Republican National Convention 2020 concluded with a firework display over Washington Monuments with singer Christopher Macchio's opera song.

President Trump's last speech at RNC 2020 ended with fireworks spelling "Trump" and "2020" in the sky. Not just that, singer Macchio sang Luciano Pavarotti's classic, 'Nessum Dorma', which is Italian for 'let no one sleep', at the end of the convention.

And in no time people started slamming Trump for the lavish celebration in the middle of a pandemic while people are losing their lives. As one angry user commented, saying, "Fireworks, Ave Maria, America the Beautiful, no masks, no distancing. A giant middle finger to the left and the media. America needed that. What a beautiful ending." More people started slamming the act and said, "Wow! Two worlds in one photo! Trump campaign’s doing fireworks and people on the streets are counting COVID deaths. America in 2020," and "This convention was another Trump beauty pageant with stage, lights, fireworks, but no winners, only losers: the 180k Covid casualties not even mentioned. What a shame."

Highlighting the magnitude of coronavirus deaths in the nation, another user commented, "Ahhh, yes. Nothing like celebrating 184k+ coronavirus deaths, kids still in cages and police brutality than with a firework show. ‘Merica!," Another user pointed out other issues US is dealing with and said, "Trump plans fireworks at RNC while US in crisis #HurricaneLaura2020 hits land, Coronavirus #COVID 6M+ cases, 183k deaths, NBA strike and MLB postpone due to shooting of Jacob Blake and black violence #BLM We want 4 more years? Please vote #ThursdayThoughts," and "As @realDonaldTrump celebrated with fireworks at the White House, 1,000 Americans are dying — daily. 180,000 Americans are dead under Trump. 25 million Americans do not have jobs because of Trump."

Another one said, "Do you know what I see? Literally thousands of Hatch Act violations— one for every federal official who helped with or participated in this revolting display. The greatest mass Hatch Act transgression in US history. Even the fireworks are a violation." Padma Lakshmi said: "The operatic ending, the fireworks and the 1,000 people elbow-to-elbow on the White House South lawn (masks optional) during the greatest pandemic of our time really completed "the band playing while the Titanic sinks" vibe of the RNC."

Some netizens pointed spoke of the opera performance and said, "The opera singer belting out Nessun Dorma from the Truman Balcony as the fireworks go off, my god," and "Can someone talk about the audacity of this Oscar styled event (fancy dresses, fireworks, opera) while pple are dying/sick from Covid, unemployed,civil unrests for months, fighting fires, facing hurricane, quarantined from (grand) parents,no nights out/in-person concerts or sports."