๐บ๐ธ๐ค๐บ๐ธ โ US President Donald J. Trump from the National Mall in the District of Columbia:
We are made in the courage, fire, flesh, and blood of the best and the bravest people this world has ever produced. Tonight, we pledge allegiance to the flag they gave us โ and we say, 'God bless the immortal patriots of 1776, and LONG LIVE THE CAUSE OF INDEPENDENCE!'
๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ธโ๐ฌ๐ง โ POTUS Donald Trump displays one of the very first American flags ever made during his Independence Day speech on the National Mall.
"These were the Stars and Stripes that flew triumphant when the British waved the white flag of surrender at Yorktown... Ever since, the entire world has been on notice that Americans will never let anyone take our Freedom away."
๐บ๐ธ๐ป๐ณ๐ซก โ POTUS recognizes Vietnam War hero and Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Paris Davis โ who then proudly salutes the American flag that draped the casket of President Abraham Lincoln in Independence Hall.
๐บ๐ธโ๐ โ United States President Donald J. Trump, from the National Mall, calls Communism a threat to America that must be removed from the US:
"America will never be a communist country.
It won't happen.
Communism is a loser, and it always will be.
The communist system is the opposite of the American system, and the communist system has never worked.
Our warriors did not fight communism on battlefields across the world only to have that menace rear its ugly head right back here in America; we're not going to let it happen.
We like to stop a threat like that immediately and before it begins. It's like a cancer; you gotta cut it out, and you gotta cut it out fast."
๐บ๐ธโ๐ โ United States President Donald J. Trump, from the National Mall, says that United States of America will never be a Communist country:
"Ever since, the entire world has been on notice that Americans will never let anyone take our freedom away.
Won't happen! And all these talks from the communists; they haven't got a chance.
Not even a chance.
We don't want communists in our country!
Never worked, and it never will work."
๐บ๐ธโ๐ โ United States President Donald J. Trump, from the National Mall honors the Golden families:
As we celebrate America's unmatched achievements and unlimited potential, we NEVER FORGET that NONE of this would have been possible without those who gave everything so we could reach this 250th year of freedom.
๐บ๐ธโ๐ค โ POTUS welcomes U.S. Army Major Kyle Key, descendant of Francis Scott Key, onto the stage for his Independence Day remarks on the National Mall, where Major Key salutes the homemade American flag discovered in Nazi-occupied Belgium.
๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ธโ๐ฌ๐ง โ US President Donald J. Trump from the National Mall in the District of Columbia:
The world has seen the great empires, vast kingdoms, mighty nations, and terrible tyrants โ they came and they went. But after two-and-a-half centuries, this American Republic still stands tall and strong.
This American Flag still waves proud and free and beautiful.
We have thrived and flourished because our founders were great, our cause was just, our people are brave, our culture is exceptional, and our destiny is written by God.
After 250 years, the Spirit of 1776 still lives within us all.
๐บ๐ธ๐ โ At midnight at the District of Columbia, US President Trump WALKS OFF stage for the fireworks after ending his speech to tens of thousands of Americans on the National Mall
๐บ๐ธ๐ซก โ US President Trump is seen saluting the Star Spangled Banner on the National Mall for America 250th Anniversary, following his speech in front of a massive crowd
๐บ๐ธ๐ฅณ๐๐ โ Fireworks illuminate the D.C. sky following President Trump's remarks at the "Salute to America" celebration as part of United States 250th Anniversary
๐ฎ๐ทโฐ๏ธ๐ โ Over the past hours, hundreds of thousands of supporters of the Islamic Republic of Iran gathered in Tehran to participate on the funeral of the former Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and his family, all of which were killed in the opening beheading strike of Operation Roaring Lion by the Israel Defense Forces
Waving red flags and chanting "Death to America, Death to Israel", the supporters of the Islamic Republic now prepare for the final rites for the family of the Shia Ayatollah
๐ฎ๐ทโฐ๏ธ๐ โ Except for the long-missing, Now-declared Supreme Leader Motjaba Khamenei, not seen since the opening strike, all the 3 sons of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are present for their father's funeral at Imam Khomeini Mosalla of Tehran
Motjaba hasn't made a public appearance in months, and it seems that his father's funeral won't be an exception for it.