Afrasianet - As for the epochs of American history, specifically those foundational aspects that have symbolic value, Trump sought to anoint it by choosing the national monument on Mount Rushmore, where the faces of four of America's leading presidents were carved, not only to praise the ancient "American dream," but mainly to fuel his supporters' fears about the dangers of the upcoming midterm elections, from the perspective of the "communist threat" on which the American age has eaten and drank, and to try to "uproot the American spirit from us, and distance us from our history."
The anniversary even ensured that the victories of the candidates of left-leaning and progressive forces within the Democratic Party increased in flames, as Trump's popularity plummeted to record lows. It is also not isolated from the widening rift among his supporters between the advocates of "restoring America" and white supremacist or racist currents, and between those who believe in the merits of the federal system despite their bias toward Trump's domestic policies.
The 250 years that marked the official life of the United States were not the product of the "American Dream" alone, which began from a mystical mystical concept that was simultaneously burdened by the genocide of indigenous peoples, forced settlement, the colonization of geography, the conquest of peoples, and the invasion of Africa to import humans into slavery.
It is in parallel and complementarity with the United States, which since 1776 has waged about 400 wars, invasions or military interventions, including two world wars and others that included Afghanistan, Iraq, Venezuela and Iran, and 128 of its military bases are spread in 51 countries around the world, and supports the Israeli war of extermination in the Gaza Strip and provides money, equipment and diplomatic support to other wars of occupation, and its president today threatens to occupy the Danish island of Greenland.
The most prominent contradiction of the "American Dream" was that the Founding Fathers' insistence on the principles of freedom and equality did not prevent them from continuing to own slaves. The same allegations do not prevent grandchildren from committing the most heinous racist, terrorist and fascist abuses today.
In this sense, the commemoration of the 250th anniversary should not be limited to a speech glorifying the past and singing its lessons and conclusions, then exposing the methods of the Cold War and fearing a communist tide that will sweep America, and deepening the axes of discord within American society.
