On America’s 250th, Mamdani called for unity – while Trump rewrote the past

In dueling speeches this weekend, the New York mayor faced a ‘nation of contradictions’ while the president offered a stump speechIf Donald Trump’s address on 3 July from Mount Rushmore will be remembered at all, it will be because that was the day of competing speeches, and competing visions, of the United States. Earlier on 3 July, the New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, delivered a speech that was about half as …