Trump warns against communism’s return in 250th anniversary speech

President Trump marked the nation’s 250th birthday late Saturday with a colossal fireworks display and a speech warning against communism and pledging the

“You look at Venezuela, you look at Iran. We wiped it out. Wiped out their military,” Mr. Trump said, comparing U.S. strikes in the Middle East to sinking of the Spanish fleet in 1898.

Mr. Trump, framed by the nation’s most historic flags, said the s stood against communism during the Cold War and would never allow it to proliferate in the

“America will never be a communist country,” Mr. Trump said. “Won’t happen. Communism is a loser and it always will be. 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.”