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Dulcinea

(10,506 posts) Sat Jul 4, 2026, 04:16 AM 12 hrs ago

Trump hails US exceptionalism before veering into darkly political speech to usher in America 250

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump ushered in the 250th anniversary of American independence on Friday with soaring rhetoric about American exceptionalism before veering into a darkly political speech with warnings about a sinister threat of communism that evoked one of the country’s ugliest chapters.

“Communism is a mortal threat to American liberty,” he said from Mount Rushmore. “It is the greatest threat to our country, including World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor or even 9/11.”

While the language was similar to several other speeches Trump has given in recent days, it was notable for being delivered in a national park that commemorates some of America’s most prominent presidents. And it swerved from the typically apolitical, unifying speeches past presidents like Gerald Ford or Ronald Reagan have delivered during earlier high-profile Independence Day celebrations.

https://apnews.com/article/america-250-celebrations-heatwave-trump-9d84acb8bd36837b2f21fab9e1808fc0

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Trump hails US exceptionalism before veering into darkly political speech to usher in America 250 (Original Post) Dulcinea 12 hrs ago OP

Uggh. This article is so like all those from MSM--bending so backward to avoid direct criticism... hlthe2b 10 hrs ago #1

Communism is the new Transgenderism FiveFifteen 10 hrs ago #2

Trump'ism is the greatest threat to this Country in today's time. No other threat comes even close. SWBTATTReg 3 hrs ago #3

100% vapor2 2 hrs ago #4

hlthe2b

(115,328 posts)

1. Uggh. This article is so like all those from MSM--bending so backward to avoid direct criticism...

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Sat Jul 4, 2026, 05:52 AM

10 hrs ago

that it is just inane. "And it swerved from the typically apolitical, unifying speeches past presidents like Gerald Ford or Ronald Reagan have delivered during earlier high-profile Independence Day celebrations."

Ahh, the art of understatement. Sigh... It must be painful for these "reporters"...

FiveFifteen

(121 posts)

2. Communism is the new Transgenderism

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Sat Jul 4, 2026, 05:53 AM

10 hrs ago

Really scraping the barrel for lizard brain triggering when they need to recycle this trope. But it is all they have remaining when war, inflation, and working class anxieties reach alarming levels of American de-exceptionalism.

SWBTATTReg

(26,549 posts)

3. Trump'ism is the greatest threat to this Country in today's time. No other threat comes even close.

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Sat Jul 4, 2026, 01:18 PM

3 hrs ago

vapor2

(5,182 posts)

4. 100%

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 4, 2026, 01:26 PM

2 hrs ago

Still can't believe the ignorant group at his speech in SD and cheering. Why don't they see he has done NOTHING for them or us???

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