
The executive order comes just hours after the first results of the midterm elections
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The executive order was signed just hours before the first results of the midterm elections. During the election campaign, Trump called the main Democratic candidates socialists and communists, a message that in the past allowed him to gain support among voters of Latin American origin, particularly in Florida.
US President Donald Trump has proclaimed "anti-communism week" from November 1st to 7th, in memory of the "millions of people" who have suffered "poverty, exploitation, violence and misery". “Under my leadership, America will never fall victim to these evil ideologies and the United States will never become a communist country,” he said in the presidential order, warning that “socialist, communist and radical leftist ideologies are increasingly finding space” in the country. “I urge all Americans to stand firm in defense against any threat to the American way of life and to protect our burning flame of freedom from the darkness of communism,” he concluded. The US president's executive order arrived just hours after the first results of the crucial mid-term elections arrived. Throughout the midterm election campaign, the tycoon defined the main democratic candidates as "socialists and communists". A message which, in past elections, allowed him to gain support among voters of Latin American origin, particularly in Florida.
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