Trump Decries Communism, Says Its ‘Breathtaking Popularity’ Turns to ‘Death, Destruction, Squalor’
President Donald Trump speaks to the press in the Oval Office of the White House on June 3, 2026. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on June 3, President Donald Trump decried communism, saying that the ideology leads to “death, destruction, and squalor.” Trump said that the “free houses,”