President Donald Trump has vowed to defeat the ‘’radical left’’ during his July 4th independence day speech at White House, strongly condemning recent efforts to remove or deface statues of American historical figures as attempts to destroy the United States.
Ahead of Trump’s speech demonstrators also gathered nearby. Meanwhile, his Democratic rival in November’s elections, Joe Biden, said that everyone deserved a full share of the ‘’American Dream’’. Saturday’s July 4 event marks the country’s declaration of independence in 1776 from Britain.
In the past, presidents have often used Independence Day speeches extolling the virtues of national unity. In 2019, at an event with a militaristic theme that also involved air force flyovers, Trump enthusiastically spoke of the country’s ‘’extraordinary heritage’’.
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This year, President’s address was again followed by air force flyovers, including F-35 fighter jets and B-52 bombers. On Saturday, while speaking from the White House lawn, Donald Trump aimed at anti-racism protesters that he sees as ”unpatriotic” who have taken to streets in the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.
He added that his administration is in the process of defeating the ‘’radical left’’, the agitators, the anarchists, and the looters. Trump further added that he would not allow angry mobs to erase American history and tear down historical statues.
Monuments and statues of famous confederate figures associated with slavery and racism have been removed or pulled down during anti-racism protests across the US. Donald Trump declared that their main goal is ‘’ demolition’’.
The Republican president went on to elaborate his plans to establish a ‘’National Garden of American Heroes’’ featuring statues and monuments of renowned American figures. He added that country’s rich heritage belongs to people of all races.
After his speech protesters in the north of the capital, Baltimore pulled down a statue of explorer Christopher Columbus, who Trump had mentioned in his speech. In the US, many people celebrate Columbus, and in American textbooks, he is credited with the discovery of a new world.
However, Native Americans have long criticized honoring the explorer, maintaining that his expeditions to the Americas led to genocide and colonization of their ancestors. Trump’s rival, Joe Biden, has accused the president of fueling racial tensions and added that the nation now has the chance to eliminate the systematic racism from America.
At the White House, Trump spoke to a crowd that included frontline medical workers and US troops, flanked by his wife, Melania. President touted his administration’s success against the pandemic, even though the coronavirus cases are rising continuously.
He further said the China, where the virus first originated, must be held accountable. Trump praised America’s scientific brilliance and said that it would likely have a vaccine long before the end of the year.
In June, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, said that scientists might never be able to make an effective vaccine for the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, the US remains the worst the worst-affected country in the world, with more than 43,000 new cases recorded in less than 24 hours on Saturday, according to the data compiled by john Hopkins University.
In his July 4 speech, Trump did not refer to the 130,000 deaths linked to the coronavirus pandemic. He said that country has so far tested nearly 40 million people and claimed that 99 percent of the coronavirus cases were harmless, a claim for which he presented no evidence.
