The 47th president of the United States is addressing Americans on the country’s 250th anniversary
US President Donald Trump is delivering a speech from Mount Rushmore as the country marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, amid the Freedom 250 celebrations, a White House-backed program of events billed as the biggest birthday party in US history.
Trump is speaking beneath the granite faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, with military tributes, flyovers, and a fireworks display also scheduled at the South Dakota landmark.
The event marks Trump’s return to Mount Rushmore six years after his 2020 Independence Day appearance there, which drew protests from Native American activists and criticism over Covid-era crowding.
The return of fireworks to Mount Rushmore has also prompted environmental and wildfire concerns, as much of the US endures a record heat wave that has disrupted July Fourth events elsewhere. While Mount Rushmore itself is forecast to be cooler, with storms possible, critics have warned against holding a large pyrotechnic display in the Black Hills region.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt previewed the president’s address as an answer to the age-old question of “what does it mean to be an American?” and a defense of living in “the greatest country in the history of the world.”
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