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  "id": 8866576,
  "title": "Trump decries Democrats as 'communists,' even as he looks to impress China's communist leader",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/trump-decries-democrats-as-communists-even-as-he-looks-to-impress-8866576",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T07:12:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
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    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260921/trump-decries-democrats-as-communists-even-as-he-looks-to-impress-chinas-communist-leader"
  },
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  "account": "President Donald Trump has repeatedly depicted communism as the greatest threat the United States has ever faced. Earlier this summer, the president took a rare step by delivering a primetime address to the nation, accusing China of \"sinister election meddling\" in 2020 and reigniting his claims that the 2020 election was rigged. Trump's rhetoric aligns him with Democrats, who also decry the alleged threat posed by communism, yet he is simultaneously courting Chinese President Xi Jinping, the head of the world's most influential communist nation. The state visit occurs as Trump's administration increasingly directs its efforts toward securing significant stakes in private companies to spur economic growth, an approach that even some Republicans criticize as corporate socialism. These contradictory actions between Trump's words and deeds may blur the Republican party's messaging against Democrats. Marc Short, a former chief of staff under former Vice President Mike Pence and a member of Trump's White House staff in his first term, commented that \"I do think that we’re not offering a clear contrast.\"",
  "summary": "WASHINGTON — Communism, President Donald Trump says, is the greatest threat the U.S. has ever faced. This summer, citing similarly grave concerns, he took the rare step of delivering a primetime address to the nation , accusing China of “sinister election meddling” in 2020 and reviving his yearslong push to dispute his loss in that year's election. Even as Trump seeks to decry Democrats as…",
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