Trump leans on 'communist' messaging as economic angst drives Democrats
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Raymond Robertson of Texas A&M University's Bush School of Government & Public Service, says while the anti-communist label still carries weight with older voters, it's not so much in the mindset of younger Americans.

"I think the younger generations don't have that context because, mainly, they only really remember the first Trump administration and maybe the Obama administration," he said. "And they don't remember the end of the cold war. That is ancient history."

And Robertson says Trump's criticism of communist influence on Democrats conflicts with his own administration's investments in major U.S. industries, such as acquiring a stake in Intel and a quote "golden share" in U.S. Steel.

The White House dismisses those claims calling such comparisons "idiotic" and says Trump's agenda is focused on quote "revitalizing American industry and reshoring manufacturing here at home."

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