In Mount Rushmore speech, Trump veers from U.S. exceptionalism to warnings about communism

On Independence Day, President Trump delivered a speech at Mount Rushmore marking America's two hundred fiftieth anniversary. But according to NPR News, this wasn't your typical presidential July fourth address. Rather than focusing on national unity and American exceptionalism as past presidents have done, Trump's remarks took a darker, more overtly political tone, including warnings about communism. The departure from tradition was striking.

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