Donald Trump claims resurgence of communist threat in United States

President Donald Trump and leading Republicans have warned that the Democratic Party is embracing communism. In speeches at the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota and at an Independence Day event at Mount Rushmore, Trump described communism as “the greatest threat to our country, even greater than World Wars or 9/11.”

The rhetoric follows recent primary victories by democratic socialists in New York and Colorado, which GOP figures cite as evidence of a growing left‑wing menace. Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson echoed the claim, labeling certain Democratic candidates as “self‑identified Marxists.”

Trump’s comments are framed as a political strategy ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, aiming to contrast the GOP’s “common‑sense” platform with what he calls a “resurgence of the communist menace” among newcomers and progressive lawmakers.