Republicans say they hate communists. So why do they like Donald Trump?

‘The president’s statist leanings mark a dramatic break with the market-focused presidencies of his recent predecessors, Democrat and Republican.’ Photograph: Mark Makela/Getty Images

Americans will never accept the Democratic party’s slide to the left, or so desperate Republicans are hoping.

With the midterm elections fast upon us, Zohran Mamdani’s promise of a few city-run bodegas in New York City will scare the bejeezus out of middle America. Disgust over the democratic socialists’ unicorn-and-puppy promises of a world without capitalism will keep the Republicans in power.