# Trump decries Democrats as ‘communists’ while seeking to impress China’s communist leader

https://mins.news/en/item/67056

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-21 09:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://bit.ly/3TkRFLU

> President Donald Trump calls communism the greatest threat the United States has ever faced, even as he prepares to host Chinese President Xi Jinping, the leader of the world’s most powerful communist country, this week.

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