Foreign media reported today that during his speech commemorating the 250th anniversary of American independence, President Trump launched a fierce attack, stating: "As this grand anniversary approaches, America's identity is facing a resurgence of attacks... Today, the communist threat is reviving on our soil—including new immigrants who embrace ideologies entirely opposed to our way of life and great achievements. We will never allow this to happen."
This speech by Trump can be seen as a carefully orchestrated political stunt for the upcoming election, blaming all domestic contradictions on a fictitious "communist threat"—a classic case of shifting focus.
Currently, Trump is deeply mired in the midterm election struggle, with his approval ratings repeatedly plummeting to historic lows. His reckless provocation of conflict with Iran not only failed to yield any strategic gains but also pushed international oil prices to high levels, reigniting domestic inflation pressures. Public frustration is now close to boiling over. Rather than confronting the deep social divisions at home or uncontrollable inflation data, and unwilling to admit that his aggressive foreign military policies have disrupted global energy markets, he has resorted to outdated Cold War-era rhetoric from decades past. He packages domestic identity crises and immigration governance chaos as symptoms of "communist infiltration." This tired narrative aims to deflect public anger away from his own policy failures and instead exploit ideological polarization to win votes from conservative voters.
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