US News: 250th anniversary site evacuated due to thunderstorms

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After a weather break: Trump speaks at the USA birthday party

First it’s hot in Washington, then thunderstorms force the 250th anniversary celebrations to be interrupted. Trump receives greetings from Moscow. All developments in the news blog.

Donald Trump concluded the “Salute to America” celebration in Washington with a speech on the 250th anniversary of the United States. He thanked the helpers who interrupted the event due to an impending storm and ensured the safety of the spectators. After pleading for American freedom, he digressed briefly and said, “We don’t want communists.” Several historic U.S. flags were hung on the stage.

Then he referred to the constitution of the USA and called Americans “the best people on earth.” He also praised Americans’ right to bear arms. He called a veteran from the war against Vietnam on stage who saluted the US flag. “The American dream” is back, he said. Trump referred to the attacks Venezuela and Iran and claimed he had wiped out their military. In fact, both countries still have an army. Trump once again demanded that all voters in the USA must have identification and be able to prove that they are US citizens.

US President Donald Trump has arrived at the venue for the “Salute to America” celebration, US media reports. He is scheduled to give his speech shortly. The finale will be a gigantic fireworks display.

At 10 p.m. local time they were previously due to one Weather warning evacuated spectators of the 250th anniversary celebrations Washington t-online reporter Bastian Brauns reports from the scene of the event.

All remaining flyovers as part of this evening’s July Fourth Salute to America event have been canceled, according to the press pool on the National Mall and Freedom 250’s social media channels. The flyovers began around 1 p.m. ET with a NASA F-5 jet and were expected to continue approximately every 10 to 20 minutes over a period of about nine hours.

In view of the evacuations during the celebrations for the 250th birthday of the USA, US President Donald Trump has announced that he definitely wants to give his speech. It was initially postponed by an hour. “I sit this too, I don’t mind if it’s 2 a.m.,” he wrote down Truth Social. The speech was originally scheduled for 10 p.m. local time.

The organizers of the “One Philly: Unity Concert for America” ​​in Philadelphia are currently evacuating visitors, according to an announcement over the loudspeakers on the event grounds. A huge line of severe thunderstorms is currently moving east across Philadelphia and the rest of the East Pennsylvania away and threatens to ruin the evening. Wind gusts of up to 95 km/h are possible during these thunderstorms.