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Trump cautions of communist ‘threat’ and touts America’s strength at Mount Rushmore
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KEYSTONE, S.D., On the eve of the 250th anniversary of America’s independence, President Donald Trump spoke at Mt. Rushmore Friday night and warned that the nation is under threat from a “communist menace.”
Key facts
- As South Dakota governor in 2020, Noem gave Trump a 4-foot-high model of Mount Rushmore that included his image
- He called communism “a mortal threat to American liberty,” akin to 9/11, “the enemy of the Constitution,” “the enemy of July 4, 1776,” and “the enemy” in general
- Wearing a MAGA hat as he sat in the cafeteria at the site, Mike Pack, 74, of Oregon, said: “He’s the greatest president they've had in their lifetime
- I started laughing,” Noem, a Republican who was Trump’s homeland security secretary this term, said in 2018
Summary
KEYSTONE, S.D., On the eve of the 250th anniversary of America’s independence, President Donald Trump spoke at Mt. Rushmore Friday night and warned that the nation is under threat from a “communist menace.” Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. Trump’s half-hour address beneath the faces of four towering predecessors coupled patriotic messages about American power and greatness with a vow to crush a “communist” movement he said is resurgent. “You can be loyal to Karl Marx or you can be loyal to America. Trump did not identify the political figures he sees as a communist vanguard, though in recent days, he has depicted the democratic socialists who won primary races in New York as leftists bent on destroying American traditions.