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In reply to the discussion: Trump posts that he is now in a battle against Communism in the USA. [View all]haele
(15,711 posts)39. Plenty of Dictators got their start as Communist Populists.
His buddies Xi, Kim and Putin are all Card Carrying Communist Party members.
They're just also fellow hypocrites who leave their Marxist manifestos on the shelf in their libraries where all the other University text books ended up or as a doorstop or sofa shim somewhere.
To US fascists, Communist is just a replacement term for "They're Jerks who don't do what I want or say I'm selfish and mean"
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According to his definition of communism, he is one. The tariffs qualify him as a communist.
OLDMDDEM
Yesterday
#11
This from a man who was code name by the KGB was Krasnov* as he was trying to sell out America to ....
Botany
Yesterday
#19
More echoes of Roy Cohn. Cohn was "Tailgunner Joe" McCarthy's point man for hunting "commies".
Midnight Writer
Yesterday
#21
Herb Fillbrick was a childhood hero of Lee Harvey Oswald. Oswald idolized him.
Midnight Writer
Yesterday
#29
Reaching high and shaking the Republican trope boogie man tree. They must be reallt scared n/t
Cheezoholic
Yesterday
#22
Average American reads at a fifth grade level - how many know what a communist is? In the battle of perception
NoMoreRepugs
Yesterday
#26
Never fails. Every time the 1% feels threatened, they trot out the old Red Scare bullshit.
sop
Yesterday
#28
Really? What did Trump or any of his inheritance baby friends like Steve Witkoff, Ron Lauder, or Elon, or Trump's nephew
ChicagoTeamster
Yesterday
#31
Republican extremists, that's what they all are, have been calling Democrats communists, socialists, marxists, etc
Quiet Em
Yesterday
#33
The Muslims are to blame, no, it's the immigrants, no it's Antifa, no, it's
Buddyzbuddy
Yesterday
#34
What a tired old trope. These people have zero vision and only rely on the past, hence the dismantling of progress.
chowder66
Yesterday
#43
It's the same old fear story. Some undeserving free loader will steal from the truly deserving white MAGAts.
flashman13
Yesterday
#45