WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump described the influx of communism as the biggest danger to the nation on Friday while delivering the keynote address at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference.
“This is the greatest threat to our country, since its founding, in my opinion, 250 years ago,” Trump said. “It’s happening right now.”
The president cautioned the audience about communism’s insidious nature and its overarching plot to destroy religious liberty.
“They will close your churches in this country, if they go communist, and they’re trying to,” Trump said. “They will kill your people, and that’s what they’re about. They want to end religion, they have to end religion, because their ideology doesn’t work if you have strong religion.”
He made the remarks during his first return to the Washington Hilton’s International Ballroom since a foiled attempt to assassinate the president during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25.
Founded by Ralph Reed, the Faith and Freedom Coalition event brought together lawmakers, religious leaders, and people of faith for a three-day conference in the nation’s capital.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
