On the eve of the country’s 250th anniversary, President Donald Trump granted clemency to eleven individuals—two convicted of fraud and nine charged under the Clean Air Act for disabling emissions equipment on trucks. Writing on Truth Social, Trump declared he was immediately freeing those nine, whom he characterized as people jailed for fixing their own vehicles. The pardons are part of a broader pattern of acts of leniency by Trump during his second term, often for those he views as his supporters. This latest wave follows a memo he issued to the Environmental Protection Agency asserting Americans can modify their vehicles without restriction. The announcements coincided with record-breaking heat across the nation, a condition scientists link to greenhouse gas emissions, and with the cancellation of an Independence Day parade due to extreme temperatures.