Trump made the remark during a press conference at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on August 15, 2024, in the run-up to that year’s presidential election against Harris. “You’re going to be thrown into a communist system. It’s a communist system. You’re going to be thrown into a system where everyone gets healthcare,” he said, according to reporting that traced the clip’s origins.
I’ll never understand how Republicans for years said “Communism is when good thing x happens” and are absolutely shocked that young people are okay with communism
Thanks for providing this context. It reminds us that when Trump and other leaders speak, we have to ask, who is the audience? Too many people assume our leaders are addressing the American people, when they are often speaking to other leaders and the wealthy overlords pulling the strings.
He actually said that, but the quote is from presidential campaign against Harris
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-s-everyone-gets-healthcare-warning-backfires-as-voters-reply-yes-the-horror/ar-AA2fJDIx
Trump made the remark during a press conference at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on August 15, 2024, in the run-up to that year’s presidential election against Harris. “You’re going to be thrown into a communist system. It’s a communist system. You’re going to be thrown into a system where everyone gets healthcare,” he said, according to reporting that traced the clip’s origins.
I’ll never understand how Republicans for years said “Communism is when good thing x happens” and are absolutely shocked that young people are okay with communism
Thanks for providing this context. It reminds us that when Trump and other leaders speak, we have to ask, who is the audience? Too many people assume our leaders are addressing the American people, when they are often speaking to other leaders and the wealthy overlords pulling the strings.