{"id":18931,"date":"2025-07-02T12:37:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T12:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=18931"},"modified":"2025-07-02T12:37:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T12:37:55","slug":"trump-vindicated-after-media-fact-checkers-are-proven-completely-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=18931","title":{"rendered":"Trump Vindicated After Media \u2018Fact Checkers\u2019 Are Proven Completely Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In late June, President Donald Trump described New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani as a \u201c100% communist lunatic.\u201d This remark triggered immediate backlash and was quickly deemed \u201cfalse\u201d by several media fact-checkers, including organizations such as PolitiFact and Al Jazeera, which asserted that Mamdani identifies as a \u201cdemocratic socialist\u201d rather than a communist.<\/p><div class=\"rtanc69fefc3b9586c\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a 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name=\"aswift_4\" width=\"820\" height=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-google-container-id=\"a!5\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"COH6lsOXno4DFa1B9ggdMwQi6g\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Trump was unreserved in his comments about Mamdani during an appearance on Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo. \u201cHe\u2019s a communist\u2026 a pure communist,\u201d Trump stated, targeting his political affiliations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_5_host\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"aswift_5\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" 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name=\"aswift_5\" width=\"820\" height=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-google-container-id=\"a!6\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"CP6kl8OXno4DFfJE9ggdpPYTgA\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump further issued a caution regarding the implications of a Mamdani victory: \u201cLet\u2019s say this, if he does get in, I\u2019m going to be president, and he\u2019s going to have to do the right thing. They\u2019re not getting any money. He\u2019s got to do the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zohran Mamdani serves as a current member of the New York State Assembly and is affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), an organization whose political agenda encompasses policies such as universal public housing, socialized medicine, and the eventual dismantling of capitalism. While the DSA does not identify itself as a communist organization, its historical foundations include Marxist and Trotskyist influences.<\/p>\n<p>According to the DSA platform, the organization advocates for \u201cdemocratic control over the economy,\u201d \u201cworker ownership,\u201d and the eradication of what it terms \u201cprofit-driven exploitation.\u201d Mamdani has publicly endorsed these principles, promoting state-operated services and increased government involvement in critical areas such as housing and transportation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_7_host\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"aswift_7\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" 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