Trump warns ‘communists’ taking over the Democratic party are ‘most serious threat’ to US

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The statements on Friday, made on his Truth Social account and during a meeting of the conservative Faith and Freedom Coalition, came days after progressive candidates backed by New York City’s democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani took home major victories in New York.

President Donald Trump decried communism in a fiery, 400-word tirade, invoking rhetoric reminiscent of the McCarthy era.

Tuesday's primary results in New York signaled a shift in the Democratic Party, with several socialist-backed candidates defeating incumbent officeholders.