Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestylePresident Donald Trump issued a 400-word tirade on Truth Social, condemning communism and characterizing socialists and communists as "animals" who pose the greatest threat to the United States. The outburst followed primary election victories by progressives and democratic socialists in New York City, which Trump claimed would lead to national failure and "squalor." Trump accused communists of violently attacking religions, particularly Christianity, and positioned himself as a global protector of Christians. His rhetoric drew parallels to the McCarthy era's anti-communist suspicion, with the administration previously screening immigrants for "anti-American activity" based on a 60-year-old law. The president's current stance contrasts with his past positive remarks about Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist whose ideas he once described as similar to his own. In full‘They will kill your people’: Trump warns of ‘godless Communists’ in 400-word Red Scare manifestoThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Trump calls Democrats ‘godless Communists’ in fiery rant
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestylePresident Donald Trump issued a 400-word tirade on Truth Social, condemning communism and characterizing socialists and communists as "animals" who pose the greatest threat to the United States. The outburst followed primary election victories by progressives and democratic socialists in New York City, which Trump claimed would lead to national failure and "squalor." Trump accused communists of violently attacking religions, particularly Christianity, and positioned himself as a global protector of Christians. His rhetoric drew parallels to the McCarthy era's anti-communist suspicion, with the administration previously screening immigrants for "anti-American activity" based on a 60-year-old law. The president's current stance contrasts with his past positive remarks about Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist whose ideas he once described as similar to his own. In full‘They will kill your people’: Trump warns of ‘godless Communists’ in 400-word Red Scare manifestoThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
