Trump: “I’d Be The Greatest Communist In History,” “Ladies and Gentlemen, From Now On, You Don’t Have To Pay Rent”
President Donald Trump warns about creeping communism in the U.S. in a speech at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Conference on Friday. Trump delivered the speech at the Washington Hilton, where the 2026 White House Correspondents’ Dinner was interrupted by a shooting.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Communism is very easy to sell. It destroys everything, but it’s very easy. I’d be – I’ll be honest, I think I’d be the greatest communist in history. I’d give free rent. “Ladies and gentlemen, from now on, you don’t have to pay any rent. From now on, anybody wants a house, don’t worry about it, just pick the house you want. Everybody gets free food. Everything is free from this point forward.” Everyone is going to vote for me. The problem is, after two or three years, the country is a disaster area. The country fails. They always do. It always does. So easy to sell. That first year, boy, you’re the most popular. It’s happening right now in New York and California. But you’ll start living in squalor. You’ll live in squalor. There will be no food. There will be no housing. There will be no military. There will be no law and order. There will be no nothing. There will be no nothing. You’ll be a third-world inhabitant in every way, and everyone will suffer or die. You’ll suffer or die. That’s what happens. For thousands of years, it’s been happening by different names. Thousands of years. I would be – I’m telling you, I’d be the greatest communist in history. It would be so easy. You wouldn’t have to work. You could stay home. The problem is, a couple of years go by, the whole place collapses. Always does. Always has.
