Former President Donald Trump, speaking Sunday to the Faith and Freedom Coalition in Washington, D.C., warned that communist regimes are inherently hostile to religious practice, linking that claim to his broader argument that communism poses the gravest danger to the United States since major 20th- and 21st-century conflicts. The address followed a Truth Social post in which Trump cited recent progressive primary victories in New York and a city rent freeze as evidence of communist influence on American soil. Trump’s remarks, aimed at a conservative Christian audience, build on his earlier proclamations, including an “Anti-Communism Week” declaration last November and executive orders tightening sanctions against Cuba. The former president has repeatedly labeled New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, a communist and previously threatened to cut federal funds to the city.