In Mount Rushmore speech, Trump veers from U.S. exceptionalism to warnings about communism 9.3%
STLPR - By The Associated Press - 7/4/2026, 8:34 PM
Negativity Bias 20.6% - Framing Effect 15% - Biased Writer Voice 14.3%
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump ushered in the 250th anniversary of American independence on Friday with soaring rhetoric about American exceptionalism before veering into a darkly political speech with warnings about a sinister threat of communism that evoked one of the country's ugliest chapters. "Communism is a mortal threat to... more