Donald Trump has launched another ‘Red Scare’ in the US – it’s a favourite tactic of the right

President Donald Trump’s recent speech at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial was a key moment in his carefully choreographed America 250 weekend. Though partisan and rambling in typical Trumpian style, the speech stood out for its focus on a theme which has increasingly dominated his rhetoric over recent months: the dangers of communism. Communism is back, the US president argued – a resurgent menace and mortal threat to American liberty. He linked the fight against communism to the upcoming…