COMMUNIST MENACE:
Donald Trump is framing the November midterms as a civilizational clash between Republican ‘common sense’ and left-wing extremism
AFP, WASHINGTON
US President Donald Trump is reviving Cold War-style warnings about communism, casting the Democratic Party as a red “menace” as Republicans hunt for a midterm message to hold their narrow grip on Congress.The rhetoric, echoing the anti-communist crusades of the 1950s, has surged from Trump’s speeches into the broader Republican campaign machine after a string of democratic socialist primary victories in New York and Colorado.Moreover, it has grown apocalyptic, often overtaking the president’s fixation on election fraud, as he frames November’s vote as a civilizational clash between Republican “common sense” and left-wing extremism.
US President Donald Trump arrives during a Rose Garden Club event on the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Monday.
