# Trump as secret Communist **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-as-secret-communist/830971 "2019-03-11T22:00:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![catflea12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@catflea12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catflea12)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-as-secret-communist/830971/1 "2019-03-11T22:00:54Z")
My new theory about Donald J Trump is that he is a secret Communist. His admiration for Putin and Jong-Un and how great he thinks they (and him) are made me come to this conclusion. His wall isn’t really to keep out illegals, it’s to keep us in. Trump wants his own version of the Berlin Wall or the DMZ. (I wasn’t sure where to post this–move if this is the wrong place) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-as-secret-communist/830971/2 "2019-03-11T22:05:38Z")
He’s not a secret communist, he’s a not-so-secret authoritarian/dictator-wannabe. That’s why he admires those dudes. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-as-secret-communist/830971/3 "2019-03-11T22:06:19Z")
> [@catflea12](#): > > His admiration for Putin and Jong-Un and how great he thinks they (and him) are made me come to this conclusion. Nah, that doesn’t make him a Communist. It makes him a wannabe totalitarian dictator. \* Edit: GMTA, Happy Lendervedder!\* ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-as-secret-communist/830971/4 "2019-03-11T22:48:51Z")
It’s impossible for Trump to be a secret _anything_. He’d be bragging to the press about how he was the greatest Communist who’s ever lived, and he’s been getting calls from very well-known people, very respected in terms of Communist, who are in tears, saying “Thank you, Mr. Trump, for saving Communism”. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-as-secret-communist/830971/5 "2019-03-11T23:19:44Z")
Trump’s political ideology is Conmanism. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-as-secret-communist/830971/6 "2019-03-11T23:35:46Z")
Even Communists have principles. Trump’s only principle is Trump First. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-as-secret-communist/830971/7 "2019-03-11T23:39:28Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Even Communists have principles. Trump’s only principle is Trump First. That, and he’s unrepentant about being greedy as hell. Not very Communist there. ---
**Author:** ![HyacinthBucket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hyacinthbucket/32/3063_2.png) [@HyacinthBucket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HyacinthBucket)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-as-secret-communist/830971/8 "2019-03-12T00:40:52Z")
Can anyone actually imagine Rump believing in a system that has as one of its core beliefs **“From each according to his ability to each according to his needs”?** Come **ON.** Not that Putin and his scumbag cronies do either. Their political philosophy can be summoned up with “What was yours is now mine. Mine, mine, MINE!” ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-as-secret-communist/830971/9 "2019-03-12T14:10:23Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > Trump’s political ideology is Conmanism. A round of applause for Walken! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-as-secret-communist/830971/10 "2019-03-12T14:38:16Z")
> [@catflea12](#): > > My new theory about Donald J Trump is that he is a secret Communist. His admiration for Putin and Jong-Un and how great he thinks they (and him) are made me come to this conclusion. You seem to be assuming that Putin and Kim are Communists. They are anything but, as is Trump. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-as-secret-communist/830971/11 "2019-03-12T14:48:38Z")
Yeah, disgraced former president Trump belongs to no group, has loyalty to no one but himself. He also likes tyrants of any persuasion projecting what he wants for himself. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-as-secret-communist/830971/12 "2019-03-12T21:13:59Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Yeah, disgraced former president Trump … **TriPolar** are you posting from the _near_ future?! I felt a warm glow for a moment. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-as-secret-communist/830971/13 "2019-03-12T21:23:27Z")
> [@Apollyon](#): > > **TriPolar** are you posting from the _near_ future?! I felt a warm glow for a moment. No matter how it comes about that’s what he’ll be know as in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-as-secret-communist/830971/14 "2019-03-12T22:06:18Z")
> [@HyacinthBucket](#): > > Can anyone actually imagine Rump believing in a system that has as one of its core beliefs **“From each according to his ability to each according to his needs”?** Come **ON.** Of course he does. His abilities are infinitesimal and his needs are infinite. ---
**Author:** ![catflea12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@catflea12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catflea12)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-as-secret-communist/830971/15 "2019-03-13T12:39:13Z")
I was talking about communism as practiced, not as written. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-as-secret-communist/830971/16 "2019-03-13T15:30:04Z")
> [@catflea12](#): > > I was talking about communism as practiced, not as written. Even so, I don’t think that “communist” really is an accurate description of who Trump likes. Remember that he’s also had a lot of praise for guys like Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, Recep Erdogan of Turkey, and Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, who aren’t communist in the slightest, but who _are_ authoritarian rulers. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-as-secret-communist/830971/17 "2019-03-13T16:45:34Z")
> [@catflea12](#): > > My new theory about Donald J Trump is that he is a secret Communist. His admiration for Putin and Jong-Un and how great he thinks they (and him) are made me come to this conclusion. His wall isn’t really to keep out illegals, it’s to keep us in. Trump wants his own version of the Berlin Wall or the DMZ. (I wasn’t sure where to post this–move if this is the wrong place) Go through all that and not even mention that Melania and Ivanka grew up as Communists? Your research needs work, young Padawan. 😉