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Trump Jokes "I'd Be The Greatest Communist I= n History" As Democratic Elites Panic Over Socialist Hijack

3D"Tyler
by Tyler Durden
Friday, Jun 26, 2026 - 11:20 AM

A series of high-profile Democrats and pa= rty strategists this week sounded the alarm that socialists have hijacked t= he Democratic Party, with radical left-wing revolutionaries increasingly ga= ining power not just in local elections across the country, but most notabl= y in far-left-controlled New York City.

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Let's begin with President Trump's overnight comments on Tr= uth Social, in which he told the anti-American, pro-globalist radical left:=

The Communists are finally making their move= . I've been waiting and preparing for this for a long time. It's easy to be a Communist =E2=80=94 All you have to do is say, "I'll g= ive you everything," but that means you're taking it away from others that = have earned it. Over thousands of years, that Ideology has not worked once.= The game is on.

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Trump also fired = off another Truth Social post early Friday afternoon, joking that:

"Communism is= very easy to sell. I=E2=80=99d be the Greatest Communist in History. I=E2=80=99d give free rent, free houses, free food, everything is free.= Unfortunately, after two or three years, the Country where this is= taking place would fail."

He concluded by taking aim b= ack at the Democrats:

"These are not social Dumocrats; th= ese are hard-core, godless Communists. This is the most serious threat to o= ur Country since its existence 250 years ago."

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We have been warning readers for some time abo= ut the radical left's expanding power footprint and how they operate, from = alleged foreign influence networks such as the China-linked Neville Roy Sin= gham network, to billionaire- and union-funded left-wing NGOs, to the Democ= ratic Socialists of America that are hellbent on crashing capitalism and th= e nation.

The wake-up call this week came in NYC, where Demo= cratic Socialists scored closely watched House primary victories, beating o= ut candidates backed by House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

Afte= r Democrats allowed socialists and Marxist wolves into their DEI kingdom, t= he party is now facing an internal power struggle between its traditional e= stablishment wing and the revolutionary left. This infighting has been obvi= ous for some time, but until now, Democrats were unwilling to admit it publ= icly.

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville was on News Nation= on Thursday, blasting the DSA for hijacking the party to advance its far-l= eft and anti-American agenda instead of launching its own party.

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New York (D) Congressman = Tom Suozzi joined Fox and addressed the growing division within the Democra= tic Party.

"Like = I said, we're capitalist, not socialist. We believe in safety, not lawlessn= ess. We're proud of America, not ashamed of it. We believe in fiscal discip= line, and we have to organize better," Suozzi said.

Hakeem Jeffries joined C= NBC on Thursday, as it only appears Democrats are in full-blown damage cont= rol mode, in addressing the parasitic nature of DSA hijacking the party.

T= he damage control continued with New York Attorney General Letitia James (D= ), blaming far-left NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani for "blowing up" the party...<= /p>

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"Some o= f the candidates that he [Mamdani] has supported are individuals who do not= understand the politics of New York City, the cultural differences from di= strict to district, who have not been part of the history and the struggle = of some of these districts, and are relatively new to the body politic," Ja= mes told CNN.

James warned that Democratic Party officials have expre= ssed concern and are "disappointed" in Mamdani's push to overhaul the party= (really, it's the nonprofits behind Mamdani).

"All of us are a littl= e frustrated with the Democratic Party. But you don't blow it up. That's wh= at MAGA has done," James told CNN.

In case you're wondering what DSA = stands for ... 

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Even deep state Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich, warned on SiriusXM's "St= raight Shooter": "That's why I believe we need significant new leadership. = The old models are no longer working, and that includes the Democratic Part= y."

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Putting this together, the Democratic civil war appears to be finally em= erging this summer - just ahead of midterms. Democratic Socialists and Marx= ist-aligned factions, most visibly through the DSA, are gaining uncomfortab= le levels of power inside the party, posing a direct challenge to old-schoo= l Democratic elites. The DSA's agenda seeks to push the party toward an ant= i-capitalist, anti-Western, and increasingly radical ideological posture th= at remains far outside the mainstream voter and does not resonate with most= working-class Americans.

Democrats are absolutely terrified when the= unofficial spokesperson of the DSA, Hasan Piker, calls for his followers t= o kill capitalists: "Yeah, kill them! Kill those motherfuckers and murder t= hose motherfuckers in the streets. Let the streets soak in their fucking re= d capitalist blood, dude."

We have profiled this emerging radicalization fom= enting like cancer within the Democratic Party, one that appears increasing= ly aligned with foreign influence networks, including the China-linked Nevi= lle Roy Singham network and, potentially, communist-linked actors in Cuba.<= /p>

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In circles at the highest levels of government, from Washington to Brussel= s, there is a clear and new understanding, only in the last month, that thi= s left-wing revolutionary movement has created a very troubling pattern of = radicalization among the youth:

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But get ready for an action phase because it appears Treasury Secre= tary Scott Bessent has been watching:

Rubio as well:

Circling back to Trump's= overnight comment against communists: "The game is on."

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