{"id":2835,"date":"2026-07-05T14:43:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T14:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=2835"},"modified":"2026-07-05T14:43:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T14:43:44","slug":"at-july-4-speech-trump-stumps-for-controversial-save-america-act-which-even-some-republicans-in-congress-are-challenging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=2835","title":{"rendered":"At July 4 speech, Trump stumps for controversial SAVE America Act, which even some Republicans in Congress are challenging"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Speaking in Washington after storms prompted a roughly two-hour evacuation of the National Mall, Trump honored veterans, including several from World War II and one of the first Black officers to lead a Special Forces team in combat in Vietnam. They appeared before flags that symbolized some of the most significant and challenging moments in American history, from the one that was draped over Abraham Lincoln\u2019s casket to the one that flew on the plane piloted by the Wright Brothers.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=2833\">How David Senra built the podcast the world\u2019s most powerful CEOs can\u2019t stop listening to<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yet Trump also leaned into partisan territory unusual for an Independence Day address, which presidents typically use as a moment to unify the country. Instead, he stumped again for the\u00a0SAVE America Act,\u00a0an elections bill that\u2019s encountering challenges even from Trump\u2019s fellow Republicans in Congress. He highlighted his support for the Second Amendment and revived\u00a0denunciations of communism,\u00a0which are becoming an increasingly central part of Trump\u2019s message ahead of the November midterms.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The speech capped a holiday that Trump has gone to great lengths to shape to his own tastes. He was introduced by two musical performers who often appear at his trademark rallies, including Lee Greenwood, who performed \u201cGod Bless the USA.\u201d The event organizers were largely aligned with the White House, supplanting a bipartisan organization that was launched by Congress a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will always be on top,\u201d Trump said. \u201cWe will never let our country fall. We will always be the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump didn\u2019t talk about himself as much as he does during his normal rally speeches. Still, he still found time to include a joke about seeking a third presidential term and about World War II\u2019s \u201cgreatest generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are the greatest generation,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI hate to admit that, but they are.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Anticipation for the milestone holiday has been building for much of the year, serving as an opportunity for Americans to reflect on their complicated history as onetime colonists of an empire who became a superpower of their own. Organizers of celebrations months in the making had to adjust or cancel activities entirely as much of the East Coast sweltered under heat that approached and in many cases surpassed triple digits.<\/p>\n<h4>Heat is defining the big weekend in many places<\/h4>\n<p>Severe weather prompted the cancellation of celebrations in Hartford, Connecticut, along with Harrisburg and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Spectators at Boston\u2019s fireworks and concert were told to briefly seek shelter before events later resumed. An evacuation was also ordered in Philadelphia. New York and Pittsburgh moved forward with fireworks but shifted the time to accommodate the shifting weather.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The disruption was particularly acute in Washington, where signs at the Great American State Fair posted an alert shortly after 7 p.m. ET encouraging participants to leave the area. Crowds gathered in museums, subway stations and federal buildings near the Mall. At the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center they waited in chairs and sat on the floor to cool off in the air conditioning.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Crowds were building in the area several hours before the evacuation. Tina Hale, 58, of Cohoes, New York, watched three of her grandchildren children dip their hands into a pool of water near a museum. Hale pointed toward the sky and urged them to look up as three military jets roared above the crowd.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf that doesn\u2019t make you proud to be an American,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>David Koshko, 42, and his wife, Jennifer Koshko, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, came to Washington for a baseball game but planned to stay for the city\u2019s fireworks show. After baking in the heat for hours during the Pittsburgh Pirates\u2019 win over the Washington Nationals, they took a break in the shade of an overpass near the National Mall to plot their next stop.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=2831\">America\u2019s entrepreneurial boom begins long before venture capital<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust to be a part of the 250 years (anniversary) is an amazing thing,\u201d said David Koshko, a commercial driver and veteran of the Marine Corps reserves.<\/p>\n<p>In Philadelphia, fireworks began to crack as early as midday in the birthplace of the nation near the site where the Declaration of Independence was adopted by delegates to the Second Continental Congress. Hundreds of visitors were gathering at Independence Hall in the sweltering heat to await the celebrations coinciding with the France-Paraguay World Cup knockout game at Philadelphia Stadium, which began with commemorations of the holiday.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one big party in here,\u201d Carlos Alban, who traveled to Philadelphia from Chicago to watch the match, said as he arrived at the stadium, adding that he spotted a fan in the parking lot dressed as one of the Founding Fathers.<\/p>\n<p>In New York, tall ships, with their masts, rigging and white sails outlined against a blue sky, made a procession around the Statue of Liberty and up the Hudson River, recalling the fanfare around America\u2019s 200th anniversary in 1976.<\/p>\n<p>The 43 ships were followed by a display of aerial might with a stealth bomber and the Navy\u2019s Blue Angels. Patrouille de France, the French Air Force\u2019s acrobatic teams, flew over New York Harbor with their red, white and blue trails, evoking images of the American flag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got up early and just rode our bikes about a mile down here to come see the scene,\u201d said Oona Moore, a Jersey City, New Jersey, resident who took in the New York festivities. \u201cWe saw the tall ships and we saw the planes, you know, all different manner of military aircraft. I\u2019ve never seen it so close and in the sky at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At George Washington\u2019s Mount Vernon, people took the Oath of Allegiance to become U.S. citizens. They stood with eyes closed and hands over hearts for the national anthem.<\/p>\n<p>In Phoenix, Steven Dortch, 25, and his brother JayLn Dortch, 23, gathered at Granada Park to try to forge a new July 4 cookout tradition. JayLn Dortch said young people in the U.S. give him hope by thinking for themselves and not taking the words from older people at face value.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He said the country needs to keep in mind the everyday, hardworking people who \u201ckeep America going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=2829\">Treasury rolls out currency signed by Trump for Fourth of July<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He also highlighted his support for the Second Amendment and revived\u00a0denunciations of communism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-donald-trump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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