President Donald Trump marked the eve of America’s 250th anniversary with a sweeping patriotic address at Mount Rushmore on Friday, declaring the United States the ‘most exceptional nation ever to exist’ and vowing that it would ‘never be a Communist country.’ Speaking beneath the granite likenesses of four of his predecessors — George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt — Trump touted American exceptionalism as festivities marking the nation’s 250th anniversary ramped up across the country.

Trump’s Vision for America

‘In all the chronicles of the ages, never before has any nation celebrated so magnificent a triumph as this one,’ Trump told the crowd. ‘At 250 years, America is the oldest republic on earth,’ he continued. ‘We are the freest people on earth. We have the most righteous and enduring Constitution on earth. We are the strongest and most powerful country on earth. And by the grace of God, the United States of America is the most successful, most accomplished, most exceptional nation ever to exist in human history.’

Trump praised the nation’s history and argued that no other country had achieved as much as the United States. ‘The birth and survival of the American nation under God is, quite simply, the best and most incredible thing ever to happen on this planet by human hands, ever,’ he said. ‘No other country has done more good for this world than the United States of America.’

A Warning Against Communism

Trump argued the country was facing what he described as a growing communist movement that sought to undermine America’s ‘exceptional character’ and ‘alienate us from our history.’ The president said the movement had raised the question, ‘What does it mean to be an American?’ Trump described communism as ‘the greatest threat’ facing the United States. ‘It is the greatest threat to our country, including World War One, World War Two, Pearl Harbor, or even 9/11,’ Trump said.

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