On Friday night, local time, the crowd gathered tightly in an amphitheater at the National Monument where four historically important presidents' heads - George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln - are sculpted directly into the rock.

Controversial fireworks

In his speech, Donald Trump criticized protesters who want to remove southern state symbols in the United States, claiming that they are trying to erase the country's history. Demonstrations against ethnic inequality in the United States threaten the foundation on which the country's political system is built, Trump believes.

"This left-wing revolution is created to overturn the American revolution," Trump said.

- Our children in school learn to hate their own country.

Then followed a gigantic fireworks - controversial in itself, since no such celebration has been done at Mount Rushmore since 2009, due to the negative environmental effects of the fireworks.

New record

Over the past three weeks, Trump has organized three public events that have drawn thousands of visitors, despite the ongoing pandemic. In connection with Friday's speech, it emerged that Kimberly Guilfoyle, girlfriend of President Donald Trump's younger son, had tested positive for covid-19. She was in South Dakota, but has now been isolated, reports The New York Times. The president's zone has been tested negatively, but also isolates itself for safety.

On Friday, for the third consecutive day, the United States recorded a new gloomy 24-hour record of the number of new coronas infected in the country. More than 57,600 cases were registered during the past 24 hours, according to Johns Hopkins University.

National Day itself, July 4, celebrates the President on Saturday in the capital, Washington.