Add The New York Post on Google President Trump insisted “the best is yet to come” for America at a rally kicking off festivities commemorating the nation’s 250th anniversary.
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“We are the ones who are carrying forward the light of Western civilization,” Trump said at the Freedom 250 event on the National Mall.
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a rally to kick off the Great American State Fair in celebration of the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 24, 2026. REUTERS “This is the very beginning of the Golden Age of America. We’re in the Golden Age,” the president continued. “There has never been an age like this.
“This anniversary is a time to be proud of our past. But it is also a time to lift our sights, expand our ambitions, and raise our expectations of what America can be … the best is yet to come.”
