Trump launches America’s 250th birthday celebrations with partisan attack
In a speech at Mount Rushmore, the US president claimed a resurgent ‘communist menace’ posed a severe threat to the country Donald Trump has kicked off America’s 250th birthday weekend with an extraordinary partisan attack on the “communist menace” in America, framing its supporters as “the enemy of July 4th 1776”. The US president spoke for half an hour on Friday night at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, the latest stop on his tour celebrating the milestone anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence from Britain. Continue reading...
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- Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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The Guardian World
