US Politics
A Monumental Misstep: Weaponizing Mount Rushmore on America's 250th Birthday
President Donald Trump used the solemn occasion of America's 250th Independence Day anniversary at Mount Rushmore to deliver a starkly political speech warning of communism as the nation's greatest threat, evoking the divisive rhetoric of the Cold War's Red Scare. It is a deeply disturbing moment when a national holiday meant for unity is weaponized to sow fear and division, undermining the very democratic ideals the day is meant to commemorate.
