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.

In 2025, communism wields big influence in countries such as China, Vietnam, North Korea and Cuba. But not the United States. Sign up for the Breaking News newsletter ...

Communism started to collapse in 1989, and the Soviet Union was dissolved two years later. It’s now Russia, led by President Vladimir Putin — still authoritarian but no longer communist.

“The core of communism is the belief that governments can do better than markets in providing goods and services. There are very, very few people in the West who seriously believe that," said ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump is once more calling opponents “communists” as his administration wages policy fights on trade and in the courts. His use of the term continues a strategy from the 2024 ...

In 2025, communism wields big influence in countries such as China, Vietnam, North Korea and Cuba. But not the United States. ... Smack in the middle of Miller's sentence: “communist. ...

But Trump, 78 and famous for labeling people he views as obstacles, remembers. “We cannot allow a handful of communist radical-left judges to obstruct the enforcement of our laws,” Trump said ...

But communism — at least in one form — lives on in China, with which Trump is waging a trade war that could result in fewer and costlier products in the United States.