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- U.S. President Donald Trump delivered his 250th-anniversary speech on the National Mall after a thunderstorm forced an evacuation.
- He claimed hundreds of thousands attended, posting that 422,000 were present before the interruption and 150,000 returned afterward.
- Insiders said the president was livid about the turnout after video showed gaps in the crowd.
- White House officials who had shared images were reportedly instructed to delete them from social media.
