U.S. President Donald Trump accused the Democratic left of being "hardcore, godless communists" in a divisive, politicized speech Friday about his perceived foes as he addressed evangelicals at a right-wing Christian conference.
Speaking in Washington after the success of three progressive candidates in New York's Democratic primary elections this week, Trump called left-wing ideology an "uncontrollable form of cancer" that will ensure America is "taken down."
"These are not social democrats. These are hardcore, godless communists," Trump said. "This is the most serious threat to our country since its existence."
At his 10th appearance at Road to Majority, an annual gathering of some 3,000 evangelicals from the Faith and Freedom Coalition in Washington, Trump attacked the "evil" and "incompetent" administration of his predecessor Joe Biden.
He made the bizarre and false claim that Biden -- a devout, churchgoing Catholic -- had jailed Christians for praying and again reprised his baseless claims that his defeat to the veteran Democrat in 2020 was the result of a "rigged" election.
Despite a career mired in legal and ethical scandals -- from alleged affairs to felony business fraud convictions and accusations that he abused his office in a bid to subvert the 2020 election -- the twice-divorced Trump remains popular with the evangelical right.
To many conservative Christians, the 80-year-old Republican leader is less a model of private virtue than a vehicle for political power.
Trump boasted of making it "official policy" that there are only two genders, touted the creation of a White House faith office and took credit for "saving Christians throughout the world" through military action in Nigeria and elsewhere.
He reprised a familiar false claim from his rallies about US elections being beset by fraud, pushed for the passage of a bill to introduce onerous new voting restrictions and railed against Republicans opposing the measure -- calling out Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski by name.
Trump accused the mainstream Democratic Party of becoming communist. He boasted that he "would be the greatest communist in history" but said it would lead to Americans living in squalor, railing against the leftists who "hate" America.
The grassroots Faith and Freedom Coalition has always treated Trump as a superstar -- even after his convictions for paying hush money to a porn star who alleged the Republican had slept with her shortly after his wife Melania Trump gave birth.
The conference was being staged in the week of the four-year anniversary of the US Supreme Court ending the nationwide right to abortion, a topic on which Trump was conspicuously silent.
The president has voiced disquiet about some of the more restrictive curbs being pushed in conservative states.
He also sparked fury among some leaders on the Christian right when he blamed harsh restrictions on abortion for Republican underperformance in the 2022 midterm election -- and he refused to commit to a federal ban during the 2024 campaign.
© 2026 AFP
33 Comments
TaiwanIsNotChina
It takes a serial polygamist and felon to tell us about who knows God.
patkim
Nope. It's the Christian Nationalists that Trump supports who are the biggest threats to society. They constantly spew hate and division. Those evangelicals politicize and use Christianity to continuously use religion as a money-making tool to further hurt the gullible people who follow them.
On the other hand, the liberals who follow the actual teachings of Christ, and who actually read the Bible (yes, Trump obviously hasn't), are for the separation of church and state, and for good reason. They preach love, non-violence, inclusion, and unity. All core values in the teachings of Jesus Christ.
NCIS Reruns
Wow, if that's not shameless pandering, I don't know what is.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Maybe Trump can quote us from Two Corinthians if he can figure which end of the Bible is up.
Cephus
"On the other hand, the liberals who follow the actual teachings of Christ, and who actually read the Bible (yes, Trump obviously hasn't), are for the separation of church and state, and for good reason. They preach love, non-violence, inclusion, and unity. All core values in the teachings of Jesus Christ."
It sounds really good until you popup the hood and find it's all diluted theology not based on truth but the needs of your stomach. In 2 Timothy 4:3–4, Paul was warning that people will prefer teachings that fit what they want to hear instead of the truth. Most liberals falls in that category.
wallace
Trump is stirring the white supremacist wing. The separation of Church and State has gone awry.
wallace
Whatever happened to the freedom of religion?
Ah_so
There aren't many beliefs I share with Donald Trump, but we both share a lack of belief in God. It is clear that Trump believes in God no more than my Dog does.
Trump has never been a church goer in his life. So if his evangelical fans believe that he believes, they will believe anything.
Bob Fosse
Keep your religion to yourself.
wallace
I do not believe in God. The Constitution requires the separation of State and Church.
plasticmonkey
Doesn’t matter if he’s a Christian or not. Trump is the most amoral president ever.
TaiwanIsNotChina
America was founded to be welcoming to all religions. Hopefully some enterprising members of minority faiths will demand their share of the public school curriculum as well.
Cephus
"There aren't many beliefs I share with Donald Trump, but we both share a lack of belief in God. It is clear that Trump believes in God no more than my Dog does.
Trump has never been a church goer in his life. So if his evangelical fans believe that he believes, they will believe anything."
You might not be lacking in belief as you may think. That couch or chair you are sitting on that's your belief
Cephus
"Keep your religion to yourself."
And keep your ideologies to yourself and we are good!!
Harry_Gatto
Wasn't Trump once quoted as saying that he had a Bible in every room in his house and that it is his favourite book? The man is a serial liar, can't help himself.
Neither Trump nor the average American has a real clue about Communism, what it really is, as they've never seen it in action as most, it seems, have never left their home state let alone left their country.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Same sex marriage is the law of the land and there is no law against abortion and that will not change in your lifetime.
bass4funk
I think he's actually one of the greatest in my lifetime without a doubt.
Cephus
"I do not believe in God. The Constitution requires the separation of State and Church."
To believe or not to believe is your propagations. But don't forget even the constitution was written by men and women and it's not absolute.
plasticmonkey
What are Trump’s great moral virtues?
bass4funk
True, but it's interesting how liberals want illegals and their kids to come to the US, but push Black women and other minorities to support abortion issues and who are the ones in the US have the most abortions? Blacks have truly nothing in common with the liberal radical ideology
wallace
The phenomenon of Donald Trump engaging the evangelical and white nationalist elements of the political right involves a complex web of cultural, religious, and political dynamics. Scholars and analysts observe that Trump's rhetoric and policy priorities often overlap with "White Christian Nationalism", a movement that seeks to preserve the cultural and political dominance of white Christians in the United States.
Cephus
"America was founded to be welcoming to all religions. Hopefully some enterprising members of minority faiths will demand their share of the public school curriculum as well."
Before the liberal corrupted the Constitution and everything else they touch, the wisdom of the founding Fathers is self evident what we can agree or disagree is in interpretation.
wallace
Cephus
"I do not believe in God. The Constitution requires the separation of State and Church."
So was the Bible.
wallace
The U.S. has no official religion and is highly pluralistic, with over 370 distinct faith groups operating across the country.
Christians (Approx. 62% - 64%):
Religiously Unaffiliated (Approx. 28% - 30%):
Non-Christian Religions (Approx. 6% - 7%):
Cephus
"So was the Bible."
Agreed! And what is the probability for over 1,400 writers. Writing same identical stories? And that's the difference.
plasticmonkey
Still waiting to hear what great moral virtues Trump possesses.
Cephus
"Doesn’t matter if he’s a Christian or not. Trump is the most amoral president ever."
Judge Not!
wallace
The Bible was written by approximately 40 identified authors over roughly 1,500 years.
Cephus
"Same sex marriage is the law of the land and there is no law against abortion and that will not change in your lifetime."
And abortion was law of the land for over fifty years right? And where is it now!
aaronagstring
Ask him what his favourite bible verse is….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERUngQUCsyE&pp=ygUbdHJ1bXAgZmF2b3VyaXRlIGJpYmxlIHZlcnNl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQR81t21b5Y&pp=ygUbdHJ1bXAgZmF2b3VyaXRlIGJpYmxlIHZlcnNl
plasticmonkey
Read the story.
sunfunbun
The worst human being on earth makes another false and insulting claim. All he has to do is look at his own church going track record vs. Biden's, and it's the democrat who's belief in God is proven over a fake God loving Trump, who just uses his gullible religious base for votes.
He doesn't care for people or God, but his supporters are good with everything he says. He flips, they do. He flops. They do.
Yes, it is habitually cult like, and it shows every day on JT.
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