{"id":1273265,"date":"2022-02-05T08:22:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T13:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1273265"},"modified":"2022-02-05T09:32:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T14:32:22","slug":"exclusive-trump-says-america-becoming-like-a-communist-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-trump-says-america-becoming-like-a-communist-state\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Trump Says America Becoming Like a Communist State"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-trump-says-america-becoming-like-a-communist-state%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1273265&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> on Jan. 31 lamented that the United States resembles a communist nation under his successor, pointing to rampant inflation, diminishing freedoms, and the porous U.S.\u2013Mexico border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re destroying our country. They\u2019re making us a different country. We\u2019re becoming like a socialist or a communist state,\u201d Trump told former top White House aide Kash Patel on his EpochTV\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/c-kashs-corner\">Kash\u2019s Corner<\/a>\u201d program. The interview will premiere at 8 p.m. Eastern on Feb. 7.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would they want to have a weak military? Why would they want to have high interest rates and higher taxes? And why would they want to have no border?\u201d Trump said. \u201cWhy would they want to have no voter ID as an example, or sanctuary cities that take care of criminals? You go through all of these things, defund the police? Why do they want to defund our police?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt can\u2019t be possibly good,\u201d Trump said. \u201cSo either they\u2019re stupid, which I don\u2019t think they are, or they hate our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump campaigned in 2020 by presenting the choice between him and then-candidate Joe Biden as one between freedom and communism. The former president never conceded the 2020 election in which the Democrats obtained control of the White House and both chambers of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Though Biden has rejected the socialist label, his administration has not been able to untether itself from a confluence of crises Americans often associate with socialist and communist regimes. Inflation has remained at the highest level in decades, with average gas prices at the highest point since September 2014. Though there is no evidence of a food shortage, a supply chain logjam has led to empty shelves in some supermarkets and shortages in fertilizer, truck parts, and new cars, among other goods. Meanwhile, many Americans associate Biden\u2019s vaccine and mask mandates as an erosion of freedom.<\/p>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has said that prices are rising because more Americans are working and, as a result, driving up demand by buying more goods. On more than one occasion, Psaki has blamed the pandemic, which started a year before Biden\u2019s inauguration, for the supply chain crunch and inflation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4256716\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4256716\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/02\/04\/Trump_DSC02960-1-1200x767.jpeg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"409\" \/><\/noscript>Former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., on Jan. 31, 2022. (The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The White House has defended vaccine and mask mandates as a necessary measure to stop the spread of COVID-19. The disease has claimed more lives in the United States under Biden than it did under Trump, despite Biden\u2019s mandates for masks for interstate travel and vaccines for government employees and healthcare workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the saddest period of time that I\u2019ve ever seen for our country. We had everything so good,\u201d Trump told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the saddest time for our country and I think the most embarrassing time for our country,\u201d the former president added. \u201cThe borders are a disaster with millions of people coming in. Everything\u2019s a disaster. There\u2019s nothing good\u2014inflation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s opposition to communism and socialism goes far beyond campaign rhetoric. As president, he took on communist and socialist regimes abroad and worked to block the advance of socialist elements domestically. In his 2019 State of the Union speech, Trump said, \u201cAmerica will never be a socialist country.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4256781\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1273268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Trump_DSC02960-1-1200x767-1-300x192.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Trump_DSC02960-1-1200x767-1-300x192.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Trump_DSC02960-1-1200x767-1-1024x655.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Trump_DSC02960-1-1200x767-1-768x491.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Trump_DSC02960-1-1200x767-1-922x589.jpeg 922w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Trump_DSC02960-1-1200x767-1-675x431.jpeg 675w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Trump_DSC02960-1-1200x767-1-480x307.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Trump_DSC02960-1-1200x767-1.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4256781\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cuba-Trump-1200x800-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/noscript>A Trump 2024 flag is seen as people wave Cuban and US flags during a Freedom Rally showing support for Cubans demonstrating against communist dictatorship, at Freedom Tower in Miami, on July 17, 2021. (Eva Marie Uzcategui\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump imposed unprecedented tariffs on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-china\">China<\/a> in a bid to force the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to cease its widespread campaign to steal intellectual property from U.S. companies and desist from unfair trade practices. He imposed restrictions to weaken the communist regime in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-cuba\">Cuba<\/a> and recognized the opposition leader in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-venezuela\">Venezuela<\/a> after the once-wealthy nation\u2019s legislature declared its socialist dictator illegitimate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The full exclusive interview will premiere on EpochTV.com at 8 p.m. Eastern on Feb. 7.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ivan has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-kashs-corner\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kash-Patel-and-Jan.jpg\" alt=\"Kash's Corner\" \/><\/a>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump on Jan. 31 lamented that the United States resembles a communist nation under his successor, pointing to rampant inflation, diminishing freedoms, and the porous U.S.\u2013Mexico border. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1273265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1273265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1273265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1273265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1273265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1273265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1273265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}