To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Nature gifted Donald Trump some birthday presents to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary yesterday – bad weather and extreme heat. Trump, 80, told tall tales of civil war heroes and scary stories of left-wing politics as he marked a muggy Independence Day in Washington, DC. The US president finally addressed his soggy, suburnt and patient crowd at 11.15pm after the site was evacuated for two hours due to the weather. ‘For two and a half centuries, our American Republic has stood as the crowning achievement of human history,’ the Republican said. ‘And we’re doing better now than we’ve ever done before.’ He compared Communism to ‘cancer’, calling on the world to ‘cut it out fast’