Trump Declares ‘Game On’ As America’s Communists Make Their Move

President Donald Trump took a shot at the far-Left wing of the Democratic Party on Thursday and sent a message to “communists” after radical candidates won multiple elections in New York earlier this week.

Trump suggested that he wasn’t surprised to see far-Left candidates, such as Claire Valdez, Darializa Avila Chevalier, and Brad Lander, win their primaries for the U.S. House. Valdez, Chevalier, and Lander are all backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani — and Chevalier and Lander defeated Democratic incumbents.

“The Communists are finally making their move,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “I’ve been waiting and preparing for this for a long time. It’s easy to be a Communist — All you have to do is say, ‘I’ll give you everything,’ but that means you’re taking it away from others that have earned it. Over thousands of years, that Ideology has not worked once. The game is on. Enjoy watching!”

While the New York radicals who won their primaries identify as “democratic socialists,” they have been accused of pushing ideas that are indistinguishable from communist talking points. Chevalier was even asked recently to respond to people describing her as a communist, and she refused to address it.

“You know, I think that framing is one that I’ve been very proud to say that I don’t respond to, one in which I have been very intentional to say I won’t be reactive,” Chevalier told MS NOW anchor Ali Velshi. “We are presenting a vision of what we’re fighting for, and I think that for far too long, we have had politics that is reactive to what Republicans are doing. What we need is Democrats who are actually going to present a positive vision, one that sets the tone for what we should be talking about, which is the issue of affordability.”

Velshi: “How do you respond to allegations that you’re a communist?”

Darializa Avila Chevalier: “For far too long, this reactive conversation of what we should be afraid of has prevented us from being able to have a politics Democrats can identify win.” pic.twitter.com/sAKGmQcYju

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) June 25, 2026

Along with calling for the government to seize private property, Chevalier has also called to abolish police and borders, disparaged the American flag, and refused to condemn Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack on Israel.

Valdez and Lander have also pushed leftist economic views, such as rent freezes, a policy being actively pursued by Mayor Mamdani in NYC. Valdez, meanwhile, has called for abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, expanding universal healthcare, increasing taxes on higher earners, and strengthening labor unions.

Shortly after New York democratic socialists won on Tuesday night, Trump said, “America the Beautiful will NEVER be a Communist Country!!!”