Spin doctoring doesn't make it true
The population of the United States in 1976 was approximately 217.6 million people.
The estimated population of the United States in 2026 is approximately 349,035,494 people, making it the third most populous nation in the world.
And Trump only had 375k people vs 500k in 1976 for the 4th of July while saying "We’re here, we’re here, we’re here. There’s no way we can be deterred. They estimated they had 375,000 people before everybody had to leave and they now have 150,000 people. It’s the craziest thing anyone’s ever seen."