Trump: 'I would have been the greatest communist in history.' Moscow…
Trump: 'I would have been the greatest communist in history.' Moscow July 8 Vesti. US President Donald Trump stated that he would be the 'best communist in the world' and stand alongside Vladimir Lenin, because communist ideas are easy to 'sell'.
Consensus
- Donald Trump made statements during a press conference at the NATO summit in Ankara.
- Trump claimed he could be the greatest communist in history and comparable to Lenin.
- Trump stated that communist ideas are easy to sell as slogans.
- Trump described communism as the greatest threat to the United States since World War I.
- Trump asserted that the U.S. is currently sliding into communism.
Points of divergence
- Trump said that under communism, people would live in poverty within twelve months and die in misery, describing it as a 'very evil and nasty' outcome. — kommersant
- Trump stated that the threat of communism is greater than those posed by World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor, or the 2001 terrorist attacks. — vesti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Trump: 'I would have been the greatest communist in history. I would be on par with Lenin' — Коммерсантъ
- Trump compared himself to Lenin and declared he would have been the 'greatest communist' — Вести
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