According to the administration, about 250,000 people attended the parade. Trump’s critics, however, have been quick to claim that attendance of the event was “underwhelming.” “Despite Trump’s attempts to hype the event, attendance appeared light — there were considerably fewer people on the National Mall on Saturday than there would be for a typical Fourth of July celebration. And attendance at Trump’s parade was dwarfed by the millions who showed up at roughly 2,000 anti-Trump “No Kings” protests in cities and towns all over the country. It was noted that the VIP bleachers for the event were “barely full.”