Trump kicks off America 250 celebrations with speech warning of communism

President Donald Trump opened the America 250 celebrations with a speech at Mount Rushmore warning that communism poses a greater threat to the U.S. than World War events or 9/11, evoking the Red Scare of the 1950s. The speech contrasted with a Democratic socialist mayor's address in New York City highlighting national contradictions, while extreme heat disrupted Independence Day events across the eastern U.S.