President Donald Trump begins the weekend of July 3 celebrations for the 250th anniversary of the independence of the United States with a trip to Mount Rushmore, where he will deliver a speech beneath the massive granite heads of four of his predecessors at the South Dakota national monument.
The American press explained weeks ago that this trip would be the inaugural flight of the new Air Force Onegifted by Qatar in 2025 and delivered to the Department of Defense, despite bipartisan criticism and questions about security and ethics.
Telemundo cited aviation experts who estimated that the entire reconditioning could exceed US$1 billion due to the installation of multiple security systems.
According to the newspaper USA TodayWhite House sources confirmed that the celebration for the independence of the United States will include fireworks, military bands, fighter jet flyovers and tributes to the armed forces.
Mount Rushmore, sculpted between 1927 and 1941, has the carved faces of George Washington, Thomas JeffersonTheodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
Trump Republicans introduced a bill to make the figure of the tycoon is also carved.
US ARMY HELICOPTERS FLY OVER THE GREAT AMERICAN STATE FAIR pic.twitter.com/JGAeK5Uu76
— Freedom 250 (@Freedom250) July 3, 2026
For their part, Democrats criticize Trump for allegedly focusing the independence events on him, since his administration is even preparing commemorative coins and passports.
On July 4, Trump plans to give a speech on the National Mall in Washington.
The Trump-linked organization called Freedom 250 took control of the celebrations to the detriment of the bipartisan group America 250.
A “great American state fair” in Washington attracted little attention from citizens.
On July 1, Trump assured that temperatures will range between 41 ° C and said: “I’ll give a very long speech, just to show that I can do anything.”
A Quinnipiac University poll showed that 61% of Americans think the country does not live up to the ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence.