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Trump kicks off America 250 with Mount Rushmore speech

📅 Jul 03, 2026 LiveNOW from FOX 29 MIN 427814 VIEWS 6 SEGMENTS · 4 SPEAKERS

President Donald Trump delivered remarks Friday night at Mount Rushmore in Keystone, South Dakota, honoring America's 250th birthday. He spoke for roughly 30 minutes, calling this year's July 4th "one of the most extraordinary days in the history of the world." Subscribe to LiveNOW from FOX! https://www.youtube.com/livenowfox?su... Where to watch LiveNOW from FOX: https://www.livenowfox.com Follow us @LiveNOWFOX on TikTok: / livenowfox Raw and unfiltered. Watch a non-stop stream of breaking news, live events and stories across the nation. Limited commentary. No opinion. Experience LiveNO...

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President Trump spoke at Mount Rushmore on the eve of America's 250th anniversary, celebrating American exceptionalism and warning of threats to national identity. He praised the South Dakota Air National Guard, F-35s, and local leaders, then extolled the nation's history, culture, and achievements, including inventions and military victories. He argued that American culture is under attack from communism, which he called a mortal threat, and claimed communists are illegal immigrants, criminals, and those unwilling to work. He urged support for the Save America Act and ending the filibuster to secure electoral dominance. He asserted that America is the oldest republic, freest people, and strongest country, and that the best is yet to come, promising a golden age. He emphasized that Americans kneel only before God and that freedom requires preserving American culture.

Key takeaways

Trump called communism a mortal threat to American liberty, greater than any war, and vowed to vanquish it.
Trump urged terminating the filibuster and passing the Save America Act to avoid losing elections for a hundred years.
Trump claimed the Communist Party is made up of illegal immigrants, criminals, and those who don't want to work.
Trump said America is the oldest republic and the most successful nation ever, with unmatched prosperity.
Trump promised to continue protecting the Second Amendment and giving the country its identity back.

Numbers and commitments

Figure	What it refers to	Type	At
250 years	America's anniversary celebrated	timeline	0:43
100 million people	killed by communism in the last century	metric	14:03
July 4th, 1776	date of American independence	timeline	0:43

Narrator 0:00 ↗

Let's pull up these remarks and hear his speech celebrating America 250.

Operator 0:27 ↗

Um, I'm going to use some kind of cuts. Okay,

Audience 0:40 ↗

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Key Quotes (2)

“With, as of last week, $19.2 trillion pouring into the United States right now from all over the world. That's the investments being made. And the record was three. Four years. In four years, the last administration did much less than one. And we did 19.2 in 12 months.”

▶ 24:38 CONTROVERSIAL POLICY

“And thanks to our great election win November 5th. And the tariffs plants and factories are being built all over the United States right now. And they're being built at a number that we've never ever seen before. So much more. There's We're breaking records by double, triple, quadruple.”

▶ 25:02 CONTROVERSIAL POLICY

Mentioned in this interview

South Dakota Air National Guard: Thanked for their service and the F-35s.

John Thune: Senate Majority Leader, thanked by Trump.

Mike Rounds: Senator, thanked by Trump.

Larry Rhoden: Governor, thanked by Trump.

Ron DeSantis: Governor, thanked by Trump.

George Washington: One of the presidents honored on Mount Rushmore.

Thomas Jefferson: One of the presidents honored on Mount Rushmore.

Abraham Lincoln: One of the presidents honored on Mount Rushmore.

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About Donald Trump

In late September 2026, President Trump made a series of announcements from the White House. He announced that South Korea would invest up to $200 billion in U.S. energy projects, including $54 billion for the Alaska LNG pipeline, a six-gigawatt power generation facility in Texas, and eight new large-scale nuclear power plants. He also announced that Mesabi Metallics would build a steel plant in Iowa, which he described as the largest in American history, and he unveiled a new federal services portal, America.gov, alongside tech executives. At a White House summit with technology leaders, he announced a voluntary, "morally binding" safety agreement on advanced AI, which he said would be officially renamed "super intelligence" (SI). In his remarks, Trump discussed the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq after 23 years, saying the U.S. left "with dignity and respect" and took all equipment with them. He also commented on an incident involving a FlyDubai flight, saying he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and described the co-pilot as "perhaps a terrorist or perhaps a whack job," crediting a passenger, an Israeli plumber, with leveling the plane after the pilot was stabbed. He criticized Canada's trade policies, saying Canadian leaders "took advantage" of the U.S. for years and are "being taught a little lesson." He also made statements about the Iran war, saying it would end soon and that gasoline prices would drop, and he claimed that under his administration the U.S. had the lowest poverty rate and best economic numbers in its history.

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