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Trump Vows to Vanquish Communism Quickly and Send Adherents Into Exile

Reality Check with Ross Coulthart · Kick off to America's 250th birthday | Katie Pavlich Tonight Full Show · July 5, 2026
Trump Vows to Vanquish Communism Quickly and Send Adherents Into Exile
Reality Check with Ross Coulthart
Reality Check with Ross Coulthart
Kick off to America's 250th birthday | Katie Pavlich Tonight Full Show
"So on the eve of this 250th anniversary of American heritage, we resolve and swear for all to hear that the citizens of the United States of America will vanquish communism quickly. Don't let them take too much of your time. You know they're wasting your time, don't you? But we're not going to let them take too long or too much of our time as they play their games. and send them into exile."
President Trump made an unprecedented pledge to vanquish communism and send its advocates into exile from America during his Mount Rushmore address. The declaration came amid rising concern about democratic socialist politicians winning elections in New York, Denver, and other cities. Trump framed the fight against communism as essential to preserving American freedom for future generations.

About this episode

Katie Pavlich hosted a special two-hour Independence Eve broadcast celebrating America's 250th birthday with President Trump delivering a major address from Mount Rushmore. Trump gave a 40-minute speech declaring communism the greatest threat to America—greater than World War II, Pearl Harbor, or 9/11—and vowing to vanquish it quickly and send adherents into exile. He claimed $19.2 trillion in foreign investment has poured into the United States in just 12 months, called for eliminating the Senate filibuster to guarantee Republican victories for a century, and framed American identity as under assault from those who want to destroy the nation from within. The speech stood in stark contrast to New York City Mayor Zora Mamdani's dark Independence Eve address painting America as plagued by inequality, oligarchy, and government terror. Pavlich's panel of Ben Ferguson, Chris Cillizza, and John Ziegler debated whether the communist threat is being underestimated and whether America's cultural divisions are survivable. The show featured interviews with musicians performing on the USS Nimitz including Five for Fighting's John Ondrasik, author AJ Jacobs who spent a year living like the founding fathers, and Freedom 250 beer creator Dave Kenar whose nonprofit builds Gold Star memorials. The broadcast concluded with the first-ever Fourth of July ball drop in Times Square featuring sailors and Marines celebrating Fleet Week. Throughout the evening, Pavlich emphasized American exceptionalism, the revolutionary nature of the founding, and concerns about indoctrination in schools teaching America as fundamentally evil rather than the most successful republic in history.

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