Trump extols America, rails at communism in July Fourth speech at Mount Rushmore
Trump used the semiquincentennial speech to attack communism and rally support for his agenda, as about 4 in 10 Americans said they felt proud, pollsters found.
- On Friday, July 3, 2026, President Donald Trump delivered keynote remarks at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, characterizing America's 250th anniversary as a celebration of exceptionalism while warning of a "resurgence of the communist menace."
- Ahead of November's midterm elections, Trump framed the address as a defense of national identity, arguing that rising democratic socialist candidates pose a "mortal threat to American liberty."
- The president urged Congress to terminate the Senate filibuster and pass the SAVE America Act, claiming the voter registration legislation would ensure Republicans "will not lose an election for a hundred years."
- Contrasting with Trump's remarks, former President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton issued anniversary statements emphasizing national unity and describing the country as a "constant work in progress."
- Severe weather and record-breaking heat disrupted Washington's July 4 "Salute to America" rally, where Trump addressed crowds following his South Dakota trip and military flyovers lit the National Mall.
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The Plot to Ruin America
Image by Koshu Kunii. Nothing encapsulates the decline of the American project quite like the optics of its 250th anniversary. While four hundred masked neo-fascists marched through the capitol in navy-blue button-downs and khakis chanting “Reclaim America!”—entirely unchallenged either by police or antifascists—the official Independence Day parade was canceled because of extreme heat. It’s a disturbing vignette for our era. The country is turni…
None Dare Call It Communism – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
“There is now a resurgence of the communist menace in our land,” Donald Trump warned in his Mount Rushmore speech. The reflexive response of his critics owed in this instance not solely to conditioned opposition to this president. For nearly a century, a no-enemies-to-the-left progressivism likens communists to witches (i.e., they are not real) as they minimize the murder and destruction unleashed by this supposedly imaginary phenomenon. Communi…
Trump Is Right: Communism Is America's Greatest Threat
by Frank Salvato at CDN - In his powerful Independence Day address at Mount Rushmore on July 4, 2026, President Trump issued a warning that serves as a clarion call for our times: “Communism is a mortal threat to American liberty. It is the greatest threat to our country, surpassing even World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor, or 9/11.” … Click to read the rest HERE-> Trump Is Right: Communism Is America’s Greatest Threat first posted at Conser…
LARRY KUDLOW: America’s free enterprise keeps on winning, and the facts speak for themselves
Throughout the July 4th 250 weekend, President Trump’s speeches, especially at Mount Rushmore and the National Mall, really made two key points. One was the greatness of America, the home of Freedom, the land of liberty, a country whose founding creed was that its citizens receive their rights from God our creator. Hence some of the greatest words in history: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are…
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