Trump: in the United States will never be socialism

During a speech before Congress, President Donald Trump drew a clear distinction between the policies of the Republican and Democratic parties, the ideas of which many associate with “creeping socialism,” writes Fox News.

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The President declared that "America will never be a socialist country," at which point many Democrats looked as if they were embarrassed and did not clap in response to his words.

Trump made this promise when Democrats offered the program “Free medical care for all”, free college tuition, minimum wage increases and even guaranteed basic income. Trump cited the example of a catastrophe in Venezuela, where socialist politics led to "extreme poverty and despair," and promised to support the free-market economy in the United States.

“America was founded on a foundation of freedom and independence, not government coercion, domination and control. We were born free and we will stay free. Tonight we renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country,” Trump said. This drew applause from Republicans; some Democrats, however, did not clap, and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (Democratic Party) sat behind him with a stony face at that moment.

The Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, a recognized socialist, as well as some young politicians who support socialist ideas, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes of the New York House of Representatives from New York, met with a frown. Other Democrats, including the minority leader in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, welcomed this presidential statement.

“Two weeks ago, the United States officially recognized the legitimate government of Venezuela and its new interim President Juan Guaido. We support the Venezuelan people in their noble quest for freedom - and condemn the cruelty of the Maduro regime, whose socialist policies have taken this nation from the richest in South America to a state of extreme poverty and despair,” the president began his speech about socialism.

After that, the exclamation “USA!” Sounded in the hall, and as a result, Trump came to the conclusion: “Tonight we reaffirm our determination that America will never become a socialist country.”

Then the Republicans began shouting “US” again and applauding for a few seconds.

Sanders tweeted after the president's speech: "Tonight Trump said, 'We were born free and we will stay free.' And I say to Trump: People are not truly free when they cannot afford health care, medicine, and housing. People are not free when they cannot retire with dignity or feed their families.”

The theme of socialism was not the only dividing line during the speech of the president. Different statements were also caused by his statements about the boundary wall and several other ideas.

What else the president said, you can read here.

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