President Donald Trump has been warning recently that communism will pose a threat to the U.S. if Democrats win in the upcoming midterm elections.“It’s the biggest threat to our country, including World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor, September 11th,” he said on Wednesday, segueing into a political message as he visited the newly constructed Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota.Last week, he referred to Democrats as “hard core, godless Communists” at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s 2026 policy conference.Trump’s latest round of attacks has followed primary victories by democratic socialist candidates. They are reminiscent of similar narratives he has employed throughout his political career.But experts say his claims, echoed by Vice President J.D. Vance and other Republican leaders, are off base.Here’s a closer look at the facts.
TRUMP: “It’s becoming a communist party. These are not social Dumocrats, these are hardcore, godless Communists.”THE FACTS: No candidate openly belonging to the U.S. Communist Party has ever been elected to state or federal office, according to experts. Although there are fringes of the Democratic Party that have expressed support for communist ideas, experts say that they still advocate for a market-based economy and that it is inaccurate to paint the entire party with such a broad brush. Trump recently began referring to Democrats pejoratively as “Dumocrats.”
