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Trump brands his opponents as ‘communists,’ a label loaded with the baggage of American history

By LAURIE KELLMAN
Updated 8:15 AM CDT, May 3, 2025

For years, President Donald Trump blamed “communists” for his legal and political troubles. Now, the second Trump administration is deploying that same historically loaded label to cast his opponents — from judges to educators — as threats to American identity, culture and values.

Why? Trump himself explained the strategy last year when he described how he planned to defeat his Democratic opponent, then-Vice President Kamala Harris, in the White House election.

“All we have to do is define our opponent as being a communist or a socialist or somebody who is going to destroy our country,” he told reporters at his New Jersey golf club in August.

Trump did just that — branding Harris “comrade Kamala” — and he won in November. With the assent of more than 77 million Americans who cast ballots — 49.9% of the vote — Trump is carrying that strategy into his second term.
What he’s talking about is not actually ‘communism’

In 2025, communism wields big influence in countries such as China, Vietnam, North Korea and Cuba. But not the United States. ...

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Family matters: How VP Vance, wife deliver 'normalcy to the kids in a very abnormal situation'

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE: Vice President JD Vance, Second Lady Usha Vance and their young children are adjusting well to life as the Second Family, with the vice president telling Fox News Digital that they are trying to "deliver as much normalcy to the kids in a very abnormal situation."

Vance sat down for an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital this week.

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"Everyone is adjusting well—they are doing very well," Vance said. "It’s different, right?"

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Paramilitaries strike Port Sudan for first time, army says

  • News source: BBC News - World
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It is the first time RSF attacks have reached the city, which is the de-facto capital of the army-led government.
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Appeals court backs VOA overhaul Kari Lake says will 'modernize' agency: ‘Huge victory for President Trump’

  • News source: FOX News
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In a significant legal victory for the Trump administration, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has granted a stay on a lower court's order that had mandated the reinstatement of over 1,000 Voice of America (VOA) employees and the resumption of full broadcasting operations."This is a huge victory for President Trump and his Article II powers granted in the United States Constitution. It's also a victory for US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) and VOA," Kari Lake, a USAGM senior advisor to the Trump administration, told Fox News Digital...
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Houthi missile hits near Israel's main airport

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Unverified footage appeared to show a plume of black smoke rising from an area near the airport on the outskirts of Tel Aviv.
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Warren Buffett, 94, stepping down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The veteran investor known as the Sage of Omaha told his company's annual meeting that he would hand over the reins to Vice-Chairman Greg Abel.
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Texas Gov. Abbott signs $1 billion voucher program into law, capping off win for school choice advocates

  • News source: FOX News
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, signed a school choice bill into law on Saturday that will allocate $1 billion for a voucher program that allows parents to use public funds to pay for their child's private school tuition.

The program's implementation caps off a yearslong effort by Republicans who have been advocating for school choice. Voucher supporters have long focused on Texas, where previous efforts failed amid resistance from Democrats and rural Republicans.

Last month, President Donald Trump called on state lawmakers ahead of a key...
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Clair Obscur: How a passion project became 2025's most talked-about game

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The makers of a video game that even impressed the French president tell the unusual tale of its development.
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How Katy Perry became the Hot and Cold popstar

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The US singer says she feels "bruised" after weeks of online backlash - what's sparked the change?
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Jewels linked to Buddha remains go to auction, sparking ethical debate

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Buddha’s sacred jewels, unearthed in 1898, head to auction at Sotheby’s, raising ethical concerns.
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Young men were getting a haircut ahead of Swedish festival - then they were shot dead

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Swedish city Uppsala broke into party spirit this week - but the killing of hair salon customers still wearing their capes left many shaken.
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Public radio stations targeted for cuts by Trump have provided lifelines to listeners

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After Hurricane Helene devastated Asheville, North Carolina, the sound coming from open car windows as residents gathered on a street at the top of a ridge trying to get cell service last fall was Blue Ridge Public Radio. And as they stood in line for water or food, the latest news they had heard on the station was a frequent topic of conversation.

“The public radio station was alerting people what was going on,” said Lisa Savage, who volunteered at an area church after the hurricane.

Now public radio stations are being targeted for cuts by...
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Romania reruns controversial election after earlier vote annulled

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Romania's previous presidential election was cancelled over allegations of campaign fraud and Russian interference.
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Elon Musk's Starbase may soon be an official Texas city

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The South Texas home of Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket company is on its way to becoming an official city with a galactic name: Starbase.

A vote Saturday to formally organize Starbase as a city was approved by a lopsided margin by a small group of voters who live there and are mostly Musk's employees at SpaceX.

Starbase is the facility and launch site for the SpaceX rocket program that is under contract with the Department of Defense and NASA, which hopes to send astronauts back to the moon and someday to Mars.

Musk first floated the idea of Starbase...
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How Carney's election win will change direction of trade war

  • News source: BBC News - World
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In his exclusive BBC interview, the Canadian Prime Minister indicates how he plans to tackle Trump.
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For America's European allies, Trump's first 100 days a time of reckoning, backlash

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Normandy, France — The heroic D-Day landings in Normandy marked the beginning of the end of World War II, where thousands of the Americans who fell in the assault still rest in graves in northwestern France.

It was the sacrifice of the American and European Allied soldiers during the Normandy Invasion, and of course their great victory over the Nazis, that formed the bedrock of an alliance that has stood firm for more than 80 years.

Then, however, came President Trump's rhetoric and the ensuing tariff war.

"Europe has been very, very bad for us,"...
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