Trump speaks not just for himself. A substantial section of the ruling class is convinced that it confronts a massive social movement of workers that poses the greatest danger to its wealth and privileges.
That actually makes a lot of sense. Things suck for everybody, and it's starting to affect comfortable, conservative white people. Since things are getting bad, it's got to be because of communism.
And therefore, communism is on the rise, because that's the bad thing when the bad stuff happens.
That actually makes a lot of sense. Things suck for everybody, and it's starting to affect comfortable, conservative white people. Since things are getting bad, it's got to be because of communism.