CIVIL UNREST/MEDIA/SOCIALISM: “Today, we proclaim that America will never be a socialist or communist country. And I’m going to add that word, ‘or communist.’ It’s the first time I’ve ever said that. I’ve never added the other word, but I think it’s appropriate, Mike, when you look at the kind of ideology we’re also facing; when you see the rioters, looters, anarchists, and then you see the press — the media — play right into their hands. It’s so sad to see the media, the way they’re being used. The media is being used. Like fools, they’re being used. And it’s very sad to watch. But we will prevail. It’s the first time I’ve said that though, ‘socialism and communism.’”
-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump Honoring Bay of Pigs Veterans,” whitehouse.gov, Sep. 23, 2020