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Posted on 07/05/2026 11:18:00 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Speech was delayed by threat of thunderstorms after attendees grappled with extreme heat
WASHINGTON—The U.S. rang in its 250th birthday in the nation’s capital Saturday with record-setting heat, thunderstorms, an enormous fireworks display and a speech from President Trump that emphasized American exceptionalism.
“For 250 years, the United States has been the hope, the promise, the light and the glory among all of the nations in the world; all over the world…nobody can be like us,” Trump said Saturday night.
Earlier, thousands of attendees were instructed by law enforcement to evacuate the National Mall because of the threat of severe weather. They had waited in line for hours to attend the Great American State Fair and the evening Salute to America, in the midst of the hottest Fourth of July the capital has experienced.
Hundreds of people took refuge in nearby museums and federal buildings. The National Mall was later reopened, and attendees funneled back into the secure area where Saturday night’s festivities took place.
Trump took the stage shortly after 11 p.m., more than an hour after he was scheduled to begin speaking. “American strength and power is not something to be ashamed of, it is something that we are very proud of,” Trump said.
Trump began the weekend at Mount Rushmore, with a speech Friday in which he argued that American identity is under renewed attack and decried communism entering America, a nod at recent victories in primary elections by candidates from the Democratic Socialists of America. The president repeated some of those themes on Saturday night. “We don’t want communists in our country,” he said. “It never worked, and it never will work.”
During his roughly 40-minute speech, Trump honored veterans and Gold Star families, and he brought to the stage astronauts from the Artemis...
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