{"id":2625670,"date":"2026-07-06T16:50:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T20:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-is-right-that-we-need-to-crush-communism-in-america\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T16:51:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T20:51:41","slug":"trump-is-right-that-we-need-to-crush-communism-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-is-right-that-we-need-to-crush-communism-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Is Right That We Need To Crush Communism In America"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Ftrump-is-right-that-we-need-to-crush-communism-in-america%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=2625670&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>President Donald Trump delivered a historic speech at Mount Rushmore celebrating America\u2019s 250th birthday, issuing a stark warning against the rise of communism in the United States.He emphasized that the resurgence of communist ideology, particularly among newcomers and some political figures, poses a direct threat to American liberty, the Constitution, and the values established since independence. Trump stressed that communism and socialism, which advocates for public ownership and seizing means of production, are incompatible with patriotism and must be rejected to preserve the nation\u2019s future. He highlighted that support for socialism is growing among young Americans, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lifelong-democrat-flips-parties-after-hitting-her-breaking-point-during-trumps-address-to-congress\/\" title=\"Lifelong Democrat Flips Parties After Hitting Her &#039;Breaking Point&#039; During ...&#039;s Address to Congress\">citing polls indicating<\/a> a majority favor socialist candidates and noting the election of socialist officials like Zohran Mamdani. Trump also drew historical parallels,warning that socialism often forecasts an eventual move toward communism. He concluded by asserting that America must uphold the moral clarity of its founding principles and reject ideas that threaten its sovereignty and freedom.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President Donald Trump delivered a historic speech commemorating America\u2019s 250th birthday at Mount Rushmore on Friday, giving a stark warning about the country\u2019s future: If we are to sustain the nation for another 250 years, communism can have \u201cno quarter\u201d here.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking hours after New York City communist Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered an anti-American, communist speech about America 250, Trump took the stage to warn that foreigners are bringing with them ideologies fundamentally at odds with our republic. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is now a resurgence of the communist menace in our land, including from newcomers to our country who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-warns-of-communist-menace-during-mount-rushmore-speech\/\" title=\"... warns of &#039;... menace&#039; during Mount Rushmore speech\">embrace ideas totally opposed<\/a> to our way of life and our great success,\u201d Trump said. <\/p>\n<p>The warning is similar to a warning given by Alexander Hamilton <a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/titles\/lodge-the-works-of-alexander-hamilton-federal-edition-vol-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in<\/a> 1799: \u201cI hold with <em>Montesquieu<\/em>, that a government must be fitted to a nation, as much as a coat to the individual; and, consequently, that what may be good at Philadelphia may be bad at Paris, and ridiculous at Petersburg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, not every people is capable of living in and upholding a republic \u2014 Ugandan-born socialist Mamdani being example No. 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jamaal-bowman-escapes-house-ethics-committee-investigation-for-fire-alarm-incident\/\" title=\"Jamaal Bowman evades House Ethics Committee probe over fire alarm incident\">mere political disagreements<\/a>, like differences over taxes or regulations,\u201d the president continued, \u201ccommunism is a mortal threat to American liberty. It is the greatest threat to our country. \u2026 Communism is the enemy of free people everywhere. \u2026 It\u2019s the enemy of the Constitution. \u2026 It is the enemy of July 4, 1776.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump emphasized that communism \u201ccan be given no quarter\u201d in America and that it \u201crepresents the worst ideas and abuses in history by the worst people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American founding represents the best ideas and traditions in history by the best people like you,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cYou can be loyal to Karl Marx, or you can be loyal to America. You can be a communist, or you can be a patriot. You cannot be both.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s right. You cannot be both a patriot and a lover of America and freedom while also supporting communism, which is what makes the rise of socialists and communists across the country startling.<\/p>\n<p>As explained by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/articles\/socialism-communism-differences\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">History Channel<\/a>, \u201cSocialism and communism are <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >essentially economic philosophies advocating public<\/a> rather than private ownership, especially of the means of production, distribution and exchange of goods (that is, making money) in a society.\u201d Karl Marx \u2014 history\u2019s leading communist \u2014 was \u201cone of the most influential socialist thinkers in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarxists often refer to socialism as the first, necessary phase on the way from capitalism to communism. Marx and Engels themselves didn\u2019t consistently or clearly differentiate communism from socialism, which helped ensure lasting confusion between the two terms,\u201d the History Channel pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, the rise of socialism is, at the very least, a precursor to the communist revolution. And despite communism having been responsible for the deaths, starvation, and poverty of millions globally, Americans hold increasingly favorable views of socialism.<\/p>\n<p>The Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/numbers-dont-lie-young-americans-falling-love-socialism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">found<\/a> in a 2025 survey that 53 percent of likely voters aged 18 to 39 would like a Democratic Socialist (code for Marxist) to win the 2028 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The growing acceptance is reflected not only in polling but in the election of communists across the country. Mamdani won the mayoral race last November despite having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/article\/2025\/jul\/03\/seizing-means-production-Zohran-Mamdani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in a 2021 speech for a Young Democratic Socialists of America conference that socialists believe in \u201cseizing the means of production.\u201d Karl Marx, co-author of <em>The Communist Manifest<\/em>o, also argued that workers should seize the means of production.<\/p>\n<p>Darializa Avila Chevalier, a socialist candidate for Congress, previously advocated for \u201cseiz[ing] the means of production\u201d in a now-deleted Twitter account, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/29\/politics\/darializa-avila-chevalier-communism-tweets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNN reported<\/a>. Chevalier also complained that public libraries didn\u2019t have \u201cenough Marxist literature,\u201d according to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is right \u2014 if we are to ensure America sees another 250 years, then we must reclaim the moral clarity of our forefathers and say without apology that not every idea deserves a seat at the table and not every person is fit to be a citizen of our republic.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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