The movie trailer for Independence Day: Resurgence shows that when aliens invade, DC is still their top target.

Image from Independence Day: Resurgence.

Independence Day was the biggest summer blockbuster of 1996. In the movie, aliens invade Earth, destroy DC, New York, and most of the world’s major cities. Eventually Will Smith, Bill Pullman, and Jeff Goldblum beat the aliens and save humanity.

Now, 20 years later, the aliens are back and our heroes (minus Will Smith) are at it again.

And, as this still from 1:21 into the trailer shows, DC eats it once again.

In the still, you can clearly make out the National Mall on the far right, with the Capitol, Washington Monument, and Lincoln Memorial in order. Except apparently, post alien apocalypse, Arlington’s surviving community leaders rebuilt the Pentagon in place of Rosslyn.

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