Trump team tests anti-communist message for midterm elections

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US President Donald Trump intensified his warnings about an alleged communist advance in the Democratic Party on the eve of November's midterm elections. The Republican's political team is evaluating whether the message could have repercussions that go beyond his most loyal voters.
Preliminary conclusions from the team's focus groups suggest that the message strongly mobilizes Trump's base and could increase participation in the election among Republican voters who vote sporadically, according to two sources familiar with the matter. But the message seems less effective among independents - often decisive in close races - and among younger voters who did not experience the Cold War.
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The Cold War was the period of political, military, economic and ideological rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted from the end of the Second World War in 1945 until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Although The two powers have never come into direct confrontation, they have competed for global influence through alliances, proxy wars, the arms race and the space race. The conflict ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union and marked the end of the bipolar world order.
The success of democratic socialists and other progressive candidates in Democratic primaries in Colorado, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Texas and elsewhere gave Trump and his Republican peers a new line of attack: portraying Democrats as extremists rather than defending Trump's record on combating the high cost of living.
A Reuters analysis of Trump's public comments between June 23 and July 6 - when a series of left-wing Democratic candidates won their party's New York primaries - revealed that he invoked communism 81 times, including calling some of the victorious candidates "radical, godless communists".
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Many of the progressive candidates argue that combating the lack of affordability means taxing the rich, cutting military spending, opposing US funding for Israel, expanding government-funded programs, and abolishing the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Trump - known for his direct political style - has not hesitated to label supporters of these proposals as communists. Many of the candidates, however, identify as democratic socialists who advocate adopting progressive policies through elections, while communism seeks to abolish private property and create a classless society.
Olivia Wales, a White House spokeswoman, said that "Democrats' embrace of socialism and communism" is an "existential threat to our country" and that Trump "will continue to denounce their radicalism and draw a sharp contrast with their common-sense agenda and 'America First'."
Communism socialists and communists, Trump resurrected one of the oldest weapons in American politics. Republicans Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan used this line of attack during the Cold War.

But Trump's decision to use a traditionally nonpartisan Independence Day celebration to attack political opponents marked an unusual setting for the message.
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the day of a Senate Steering Committee luncheon on Capitol Hill
REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Behind the scenes, Trump aides are testing the new message with focus groups as Republicans prepare for the toughest final stretch heading into the November elections. that will decide control of the U.S. Congress.
Preliminary findings indicate that the term "communism" may be more effective than "socialism" in some election contests, while "socialism" may have broader appeal in paid ads and messages targeted at voting districts, said one of two people familiar with the focus groups.
Republicans see the message resonating especially with Hispanic voters in Florida - where anti-socialist appeals have long found favor among voters whose families have fled of leftist governments in Latin America - and in Texas.
A 2025 Gallup poll found that Americans still viewed socialism more negatively than positively, with 57% having a negative view and 39% a positive view, although Democrats were more supportive of socialism than capitalism.
Amy Koch, a Republican strategist, said she doubts the communist label will broaden the party's appeal among younger or independent voters. "I just don't think communism means the same to anyone under 55," she said.
U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, who chairs the House Democratic campaign committee, said in a statement that Republicans were "resorting to desperate attacks that really have nothing to do with economic issues."

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