Trump: "There is no American freedom without American culture"

President Trump on Friday night called for a renewal of American culture and identity, the origins of which he traced to the Old World, which he said sent its "bravest, boldest and most resilient."

"These men and women brought values, traditions and customs transmitted over centuries in Britain, and stretching back even further to Athens, Jerusalem and Rome," he said at Mount Rushmore on the eve of America's 250th birthday. "The United States of America is where the greatest civilization in human history became greater than ever before."

He decried what he called a recent movement to "alienate us from our history," which he said made it "impossible" for many Americans to define what it means to be an American.

"For generations, it was understood that the core patriotic duty of every American was to pass this culture on to our children — and to preserve the nation for centuries and centuries to come," he said.

"As we march into our 250th year … we must never forget, there is no American freedom without American culture."

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