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Trump casts Democrats as red 'menace' with McCarthyist rhetoric ahead of US midterms

President Donald Trump speaks at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Friday, July 3, 2026, near Keystone, S.D.
US President Donald Trump speaks at Mount Rushmore National Memorial near Keystone, South Dakota on July 3, 2026. © Alex Brandon, AP

The US midterm election campaign is gaining momentum, and US President Donald Trump is reviving Cold War era rhetoric to peg the Democratic Party as extremists and a red "menace".

US President Donald Trump is reviving Cold War-style warnings about communism, casting the Democratic Party as a red "menace" as Republicans hunt for a midterm message to hold their narrow grip on Congress.

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