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President Trump warned Friday that communism poses a \u201cmortal threat\u201d to the country during a speech at Mount Rushmore on the eve of America\u2019s 250th birthday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs we approach this magnificent anniversary, we see our American identity under a renewed attack,\u201d Trump said in his remarks in South Dakota.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cA generation after we fought and won the Cold War against the menace of communism, there is now a resurgence of the communist menace in our land, including from newcomers to our country who embrace ideas totally opposed to our way of life and our great success,\u201d the president continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are not mere political disagreements, like differences over taxes or regulations. Communism is a mortal threat to American liberty. It is the greatest threat to our country,\u201d Trump declared.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The president described the political and economic ideology as \u201cthe exact opposite of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s death, tyranny and the pursuit of evil,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can be loyal to Karl Marx, or you can be loyal to America. You can be a communist, or you can be a patriot. You cannot be both,\u201d Trump declared.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The president vowed that America would never become a communist country.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s warning comes after several wins by Democratic Socialist candidates in congressional primaries, including Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier in New York, and Melat Kiros in Colorado.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Valdez and Avila Chevalier won their primaries after receiving endorsements from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, whom Trump has previously accused of being a communist.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Communist Party is made up of illegal immigrants, criminals, and everybody that doesn\u2019t want to work,\u201d Trump argued. \u201cCommunism is a loser. It always was, and it is.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, it\u2019s a big loser. Look at the people that are promoting it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s remarks in South Dakota, with the carved granite faces of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt serving as the backdrop, were mostly patriotic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The president expressed pride in serving as the nation\u2019s commander-in-chief as the country prepares to celebrate its\u00a0 250th birthday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cTonight, we gather on the eve of one of the most extraordinary days in the history of the world,\u201d Trump said. \u201cTomorrow we mark 250 years of glorious independence and 250 years of majestic American freedom \u2013 nothing like it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump described America as\u00a0 \u201cthe strongest and most powerful country on earth,\u201d as well as \u201cby the grace of God \u2026 the most successful, most accomplished, most exceptional nation ever to exist in human history.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd it is great to be your president,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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