美国总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)回到了一天前在白宫外的7月4日庆祝活动上发表讲话时反复强调的主题，即“向美国致敬”。
在针对乔治·弗洛伊德之死被警方拘留并要求邦联纪念碑为了被推翻，总统说他将“捍卫我们的价值观、传统、习俗和信仰”
特朗普说:“我们绝不会允许愤怒的暴民推倒我们的雕像，抹去我们的历史，教育我们的孩子或践踏我们的自由。”。
总统利用《独立宣言》通过的周年纪念日对媒体穷追不舍，称媒体“错误和一贯地”将反对者贴上种族主义标签。
“当你平反所有这些虚假指控时，你不仅诽谤我，你不仅诽谤美国人民，而且你还诽谤了为美国献出生命的几代英雄，”他声称。
“你在诽谤在硫磺岛举旗的年轻人和那些在内战中为自由而战的人，”他补充道。“你诽谤他们。你坚持说他们为种族主义而战，为压迫而战，这是对他们伟大遗产和记忆的侮辱。”
特朗普发表了大约15分钟的讲话，然后站在第一夫人旁边观看了二战、朝鲜战争、越南战争和中东冲突中的军用飞机的空中阅兵。
2020年7月4日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普和第一夫人梅兰妮·特朗普在华盛顿特区白宫附近观看美国海军蓝色天使和美国空军雷鸟表演天桥塔索斯·卡托普迪斯/盖蒂图像公司
周六早些时候，特朗普在推特上发布了一段视频，祝愿美国7月4日快乐。
在大部分大约一分钟的视频中，特朗普吹嘘他的政府取得的成就，称在COVID之前，美国“比历史上任何一个国家都做得更好”，并补充说，我们现在“正在接近摆脱困境”
“我们有一个真正东山再起的国家，”总统在视频中说。“我们有最好的失业数字，我们有最好的就业数字，我们有最好的股票市场我们拥有的数字。我们做得比历史上任何一个国家都好。"
“然后我们受到了来自中国的可怕瘟疫的打击，”特朗普继续说道。
2020年7月4日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普和第一夫人梅兰妮·特朗普在华盛顿特区白宫南草坪主持了2020年“向美国致敬”活动，以纪念独立日。索尔·勒布/法新社
“现在我们正接近摆脱困境，”他说，并补充道，“我们的就业数字非常惊人。”
周五晚上，特朗普在拉什莫尔山发表演讲后，表达了对7月4日的良好祝愿。
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——唐纳德·特朗普(@realDonaldTrump)2020年7月4日
在周五的演讲中，他很少提到正在进行的COVID-19大流行病例的激增，而是一头扎进文化战争，远离任何关于团结的讨论。他在讲话中对抗议者大加指责，称他们为“愤怒的暴徒”，他说这构成了“日益增长的危险”
特朗普说:“我们的国家正在见证一场无情的运动，这场运动旨在抹去我们的历史，诋毁我们的英雄，抹杀我们的价值观，并向我们的孩子灌输思想。”。“他们的目标不是一个更好的美国。他们的目标是终结美国。”
2020年7月3日，在南达科他州的Keystone，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普和第一夫人梅兰妮·特朗普出席美国独立纪念日拉什莫尔山烟火庆祝活动时，空中飞过。汤姆·布伦纳/路透社
大约有3700人参加了他在拉什莫尔山的演讲，此时许多州正在取消重新开放的计划，同时该国公布了又一个确诊人数创纪录的一天冠状病毒案例。
Trump returns to defense of statues, attacks media in July 4th remarks
President Donald Trump returned to a theme he hammered home while at Mount Rushmore a day earlier during remarks at July Fourth celebrations, labeled the "Salute to America," outside the White House on Saturday.
In the wake of protests over thedeath of George Floydin police custody and calls forConfederate monumentsto be torn down, the president said he would "safeguard our values, traditions, customs and beliefs."
"We will never allow an angry mob to tear down our statues, erase our history, indoctrinate our children or trample on our freedoms," Trump said.
The president took the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence to go after the media, saying the press "falsely and consistently" labels opponents as racist.
"When you level all of these false charges, you not only slander me, you not only slander the American people, but you slander generations of heroes who gave their lives for America," he claimed.
"You're slandering young men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima and those who perished fighting for freedom in the Civil War," he added. "You slander them. You are dishonoring their great legacy and their memory by insisting that they fought for racism and they fought for oppression."
Trump spoke for about 15 minutes before standing aside the first lady to watch an aerial parade of military aircraft from World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War and the conflicts in the Middle East.
Earlier Saturday, Trump tweeted a video wishing the country a happy Fourth of July.
During most of the approximately minute-long video, Trump boasted about the accomplishments of his administration, saying that pre-COVID, the United States was doing "better than any country had ever done in history" adding that we are now "getting close to fighting our way out of it."
"We have a country that's really making a comeback," the president said in the video. "We had the best unemployment numbers, we had the best employment numbers, we had the beststock marketnumbers that we ever had. We were doing better than any country had ever done in history."
"And then we got hit with this terrible plague from China," Trump continued.
"Now we are getting close to fighting our way out of it," he said, adding, "our jobs numbers are spectacular."
Trump's Fourth of July well wishes follow his speech at Mount Rushmore Friday night.
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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)July 4, 2020
During Friday's speech, he made little mention of the surge in cases in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and instead dove head-first into the culture wars and away from any talk of unity. He railed against protesters throughout his remarks, calling them "angry mobs," which he says pose a "growing danger."
"Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values and indoctrinate our children," Trump said. "Their goal is not a better America. Their goal is to end America."
His Mount Rushmore speech, attended by about 3,700 people, came as many states are rolling back their reopening plans and as the country posted another record-breaking day in the number of diagnosedcoronaviruscases.
