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President Donald Trump took aim at the trajectory of the Democratic Party on Friday, telling attendees at the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference that its recent socialist primary winners are “godless communists.”
“These are not social democrats. These are hardcore, godless communists. They’re godless communists. All communists are godless. They don’t believe in God. This is the most serious threat to our country since its existence. In my opinion, 250 years ago. This is a major threat to our country,” said Trump.
Tuesday’s primary results in New York signaled a shift in the Democratic Party, with several socialist-backed candidates defeating incumbent officeholders. Trump, speaking ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday, highlighted America’s founding principles, arguing they stand in sharp contrast to the growing influence of socialist movements within the Democratic Party.
“Our most important birthday so far, 250 years and instead of speaking about Christ and instead of speaking about freedom and victories of all different kinds, we’re speaking about yet another threat to the foundations of America,” said Trump.
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President Donald Trump pumps his fist after speaking at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s 2026 Policy Conference at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2026. (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)
He took aim at New York City socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani over a historic decision by New York City’s Rent Guidelines Board.
Mamdani scored another political victory Tuesday, with all three congressional candidates he endorsed — Brad Lander, Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier — winning their respective Democratic primaries.
“For the first time in history, the powerful Rent Stabilization Board, as an example that sets rents in New York City just happened today. They’ve done it for years and years and they’ve been very far left,” said Trump.
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FILE – New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani accused the federal government of attempting to “intimidate patients, families and providers.” (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
The board voted to freeze rents, banning landlords from raising rent on new one-year or two-year leases.
“Mayor Mamdani, who came to the White House and seemed like a nice guy, but he said he was going to do this in his campaign,” said Trump.
He warned that the decision would lead to the city’s decline.
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A homeless man sleeps on a New York City street alongside his possessions, which are often gathered from the streets. (Deb Cohn-Orbach/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
“What the mayor doesn’t say is that these buildings will soon turn into ghettos and slums, and that everybody will continue leaving New York,” Trump added.
“As this spreads throughout the country, very much like an uncontrollable form of cancer, the country itself will be taken down. It will be third world, strictly third world. And it’s happened many times before to very big and very powerful countries. But it’s not going to happen to the United States of America,” Trump added.