US President Donald Trump has claimed that Washington paused negotiations with Tehran to allow for the funeral of Iran’s late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, asserting that the Islamic Republic is now “dying to settle” with the United States.
Speaking at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota during celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of US independence dubbed ‘America 250’ Trump boasted of his administration’s military record and foreign policy stance.
“We beat Venezuela in one day, and we knocked the hell out of Iran; they’re dying to settle,” the US president told the gathering. Referring to the stalled diplomatic talks and the recent death of the Iranian leader, he added: “We gave him a week off for a funeral because we’re nice.”
Foreign policy and historical claims
During his address, which heavily featured nationalist rhetoric, Trump touted the global dominance of the American military, claiming credit for historical victories.
“We created the strongest and most powerful military. We won two world wars,” he stated, adding that the outcome of the Cold War had left Washington’s adversaries “in the depths of history.”
Turning his attention to American exceptionalism, the president argued that the US remains the pinnacle of democratic longevity and global philanthropy.
“At 250 years, America is the oldest republic on Earth. We are the freest people on Earth. We have the most righteous and enduring constitution on Earth,” Trump claimed. He further asserted that no other nation had contributed more to charity, eradicated more hunger, or cured more diseases to uplift humanity than the United States.
Domestic warnings and electoral strategy
Beyond foreign affairs, the speech shifted focus toward internal politics, with Mr Trump warning of an alleged ideological shift within the American domestic landscape.
He cautioned against what he described as a “resurgence of the communist menace in our land,” pointing finger at recent immigrants whom he accused of embracing ideas “totally opposed to our way of life and our great success.”
Characterising communism as a mortal threat to American liberty, the president claimed it posed a greater danger to the country than major historical crises, including both world wars, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the September 11 terrorist attacks. “America will never be a communist country,” he declared.
Concluding his address with a rally to his political base ahead of the upcoming legislative elections,Trump connected the ideological struggle directly to domestic governance and voting laws. “We can only lose the midterms if we allow ourselves to lose the midterms,” he said.
He said that abolishing the Senate filibuster and passing the proposed “Save America Act” would secure a long-term political hold for his party, confidently predicting that Republicans “will not lose an election for 100 years.”
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