The tones of reconciliation and unity, typical of the Fourth of July, are being shelved in Donald Trump's narrative, already in electoral mode for the November midterms.
The tycoon, at the iconic Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, urged Americans to protect the freedoms envisioned 250 years ago by the Founding Fathers of the "greatest Republic" ever created, defending them from what he describes as the "communist threat" posed by progressive Democrats and "newcomers to our country," who, attacking "our identity," should be expelled.
A connection between the anti-communist rhetoric and the anti-immigration themes that supported his re-election in 2024, but which ignores the words of Leo XIV who, proud of his American origins, feels himself to be "the son of a great nation shaped by immigrants".
Ahead of the November vote, the tycoon reiterated a theme he's been pushing: painting progressive Democrats as communists who pose an existential threat to America. His speech came just hours after a speech by pro-immigrant Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York, marking the nation's 250th anniversary, which was interpreted as an open criticism of Trump and his "MAGA" movement. On the eve of Independence Day and under the stern gaze of four legendary US presidents carved in granite (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt), The Donald outlined the themes of his July 4th evening speech on the National Mall, which he announces will be a riverboat, in a Washington gripped by the sweltering heat that forced the cancellation of the grand parade.
In recent days, the event had been billed as "Trump's most spectacular rally ever," complete with military flyovers and "exceptional" fireworks displays.
(Unioneonline)
