High temperatures on Saturday will not deter President Donald Trump from shortening his speech as the country celebrates its 250th birthday. I’m going to make a really long speech just to show that I can do anything,” he said.

President 👤Donald Trump plans to exert his independence Saturday by making a long speech despite the high temperatures gripping the U.S.

“By the way, on July 4th, it’s going to be approximately 107 degrees out, and I’m going to go, and I’m going to make a really long speech just to show that I can do anything,” Trump said during the opening ceremony for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota.

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Trump will make the speech at the National Mall for the U.S.’s 250th birthday.

Saturday’s “Salute to 🇺🇸America 250 Celebration & Fireworks” event is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.; Trump is expected to speak at 9:45 p.m. EDT.

Freedom 250, the Trump administration’s organization behind the scenes operating the Great American State Fair along the National Mall, is organizationzing the Salute to America event.

The president previously billed the event on the National Mall as “the most spectacular TRUMP RALLY of them all.”

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“There will be incredible Flyovers and Airshows featuring our Top Military Pilots and Equipment, and I will deliver keynote remarks that you will not want to miss,” he wrote on Truth Social in June. “To conclude the program, and commemorate this Historic Occasion, I will be launching, what will be, the LARGEST FIREWORKS SHOW IN HISTORY, right here in our Nation’s Capital. Do not miss it.”

The fireworks show is slated to kick off at 10:30 p.m., per the Freedom 250’s website.

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday the fireworks show will start at 11 p.m.

The National 🌦️Weather Service (NWS) predicts the nation’s capital to reach a high of 107, as the president said.

The temperature is likely to remain hot through the evening and should go down to 88 degrees by 9 p.m. when Trump gives his address.

Forecasters anticipate a high heat index of 94 degrees and humidity levels reaching 54%. They said this could leave temperatures feeling hotter outside.

“It looks as though the heat and humidity will likely hold on through the weekend as well,” the NWS said Wednesday. “However, forecast confidence in the exact high temperatures starts to decrease a bit, as both remnant cloud cover from thunderstorms on previous days and thunderstorms from the day of could impact temperatures.”

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Washington’s record for the hottest temperature on the Fourth of July was set in 1919 as the high reached 100 degrees, according to the NWS.