Washington, July 6 (TIWN) US President Donald Trump has used his Independence Day speech to tout the country's "progress" against the COVID-19 pandemic, despite a nationwide spike in cases and vowed to defeat the "radical left, the Marxists, the anarchists, the agitators, the looters".

"We are now in the process of defeating the radical left, the Marxists, the anarchists, the agitators, the looters, and people who in many instances have absolutely no clue what they are doing," Xinhua news agency quoted Trump as saying during his speech at the South Lawn on Saturday.