Trump’s Mount Rushmore speech opened America’s semiquincentennial weekend with a fiery, partisan address that recast the nation’s 250th anniversary as a battle against ideology rather than a unifying celebration. Speaking at Mount Rushmore on Friday evening, July 3, 2026, former President Donald Trump declared a “resurgent communist menace” the defining threat to the republic, setting … Continue reading Trump’s Mount Rushmore speech targets the Communist menace on America’s 250th birthday