Trump Follows in Reagan’s Footsteps in Confronting Communism

U.S. President Ronald Reagan, commemorating the 750th anniversary of Berlin, addresses the people of West Berlin at the base of the Brandenburg Gate, near the Berlin wall, on June 12, 1987. Reagan famously said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” MIKE SARGENT/AFP via Getty Images

WASHINGTON—On the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, President Donald Trump showed that he’s keeping President Ronald Reagan’s fight against communism alive.

In a presidential message to honor victims of communism on Nov. 7, Trump referred to Reagan’s memorable speech in June 1987 in Berlin, where he called on Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall.”