Published July 4, 2026 at 10:15 AM ET · Updated July 6, 2026 at 10:05 AM ET
Founding contrast: the Declaration of Independence versus the Communist Manifesto
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The piece contrasts the Declaration of Independence with the Communist Manifesto. Trump, in Mount Rushmore remarks for America 250, praised America's independence and warned of a communist menace. A July 1776 copy of the Declaration of Independence was reportedly discovered in a foreign navy captain's papers outside the US.
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