Mr. Trump sounded the warning amid a new class of socialist candidates running for Congress as Democrats and following a July 4 speech by socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani that criticized America.
would continue on the path to greatness started by the nation’s founders in 1776.
Mr. Trump delivered the speech hours later than planned due to summer storms that forced the evacuation of the celebration on the National Mall.
The 37-minute address paid tribute to the founders, veterans and his own foreign policy achievements that he said eliminated ruthless regimes that stifled freedom.