{"id":466,"date":"2026-07-05T22:15:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=466"},"modified":"2026-07-05T22:15:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:15:48","slug":"bill-clinton-takes-an-apparent-swipe-at-trump-at-america250-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=466","title":{"rendered":"Bill Clinton takes an apparent swipe at Trump at America250 event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Former President <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5781019\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/bill-clinton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bill Clinton<\/a> took a swipe at President Donald Trump in a statement posted to X marking the nation&#8217;s 250th birthday, urging Americans to reject division and embrace the country&#8217;s founding ideals without mentioning Trump by name.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">In the statement, released Saturday, Clinton reflected on the nation&#8217;s founding and warned that the United States was experiencing another period of deep political division.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5781020\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/top-highlights-trumps-late-night-july-4-address-no-dream-history-bigger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>TOP HIGHLIGHTS FROM TRUMP&#8217;S LATE NIGHT JULY 4 ADDRESS: &#8216;NO DREAM IN HISTORY IS BIGGER&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Today, we celebrate this milestone amid another period of deep division, renewed questions about America&#8217;s future and role in the world, and serious threats to our own institutions and to our democracy itself,&#8221; the former president wrote.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Clinton, whose wife, former Secretary of State <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5781021\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/hillary-clinton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hillary Clinton<\/a>, was defeated by Trump in the 2016 presidential election, did not mention the president by name during his remarks.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;The people in charge have unleashed masked agents on American communities to seize people from their homes, workplaces and the street,&#8221; Clinton said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;They have started an unconstitutional war on a whim, with no clear objectives or exit strategy, and zero regard for the consequences to the lives of millions of people around the world,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5781022\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/americans-grade-economy-change-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>WE ASKED AMERICANS TO GRADE THE ECONOMY. THEN WE ASKED IF IT WOULD CHANGE THEIR VOTE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/343\/192\/trump-clinton.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/686\/384\/trump-clinton.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/672\/378\/trump-clinton.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1344\/756\/trump-clinton.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/931\/523\/trump-clinton.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1862\/1046\/trump-clinton.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/720\/405\/trump-clinton.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1440\/810\/trump-clinton.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1200\/675\/trump-clinton.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Presidents Clinton and Trump shake hands\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Former President Bill Clinton and President Donald Trump shake hands during the Inaugural Luncheon in the U.S. Capitol in 2026.<\/span> <span>(Aaron P. Bernstein\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The former president then broadened his criticism to the federal government and the courts.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;With the help of lifetime appointees to the Supreme Court and a compliant Congress, they have weaponized government to settle personal scores, prosecute enemies, stamp out free speech and made the federal government a new profit center for themselves and their allies,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Clinton&#8217;s statement came as Trump presided over separate <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5781023\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/america-250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">America250 festivities<\/a> in Washington, D.C., where he touted what he called America&#8217;s &#8220;Golden Age&#8221; and highlighted his administration&#8217;s accomplishments, the U.S. military and the country&#8217;s economic outlook.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Clinton encouraged Americans to think about the nation&#8217;s future as it enters its next 250 years, arguing that preserving democratic institutions requires citizens to value common purpose over political grievance.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/trump-july-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/trump-july-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/trump-july-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/trump-july-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/931\/523\/trump-july-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/trump-july-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/720\/405\/trump-july-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/trump-july-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/trump-july-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"trump-speaks-mount-rushmore\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>President Donald Trump spoke at a rally at Mount Rushmore National Memorial on July 3, 2026 in Keystone, South Dakota as part of the America 250 festivities.<\/span> <span>(Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Trump, meanwhile, used his Independence Day address to celebrate the nation&#8217;s founding while touting his administration&#8217;s achievements, criticizing progressive Democrats and promoting priorities including election integrity measures, border security and a renewed emphasis on patriotism.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">While both men celebrated the nation&#8217;s founding, their messages highlighted vastly different views of the country&#8217;s current political climate.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Amanda Macias covers the intersection of business, economics and politics, with a focus on how policy decisions shape markets, businesses and American workers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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