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We have reached a milestone like no other and celebrate with joyful hearts and soaring spirits,\u201d wrote US President Donald Trump. \u201cToday, America awakens 250 years later as a beacon of hope, a republic entrusted to its people, an idea that changed the world. A nation worth preserving. A dream worth pursuing. 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