WASHINGTON (UNN) — President Donald J. Trump on Thursday proclaimed Nov. 2–8, 2025, as Anti-Communism Week in the United States. The president called communism “one of history’s most destructive ideologies” and urged Americans to reaffirm their commitment to liberty and human dignity.
Although Trump did not name specific countries in the proclamation, the announcement came less than a week after his Oct. 30 meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea. China remains one of the world’s most powerful and entrenched communist states, and the timing of the declaration is likely to draw international attention.
In a proclamation issued from the White House, Trump said more than 100 million people worldwide have been killed under communist regimes and described the ideology as one that “erased faith, suppressed freedom and destroyed prosperity earned through hard work.”
“Communism has brought nothing but ruin,” Trump said, adding that its legacy is “written in blood and sorrow” and that it remains “another word for servitude.”
The president warned that new forms of authoritarianism persist more than three decades after the Cold War, criticizing modern political movements he said repeat “old lies” under the banners of “social justice” and “democratic socialism.”
“Their message remains the same: give up your freedom, place your trust in the government, and trade prosperity for the empty comfort of control,” Trump said. “America rejects this doctrine.”
Trump said Anti-Communism Week will honor victims of communist oppression and reaffirm the nation’s belief that liberty, opportunity and the rights to life and the pursuit of happiness remain the foundation of American society.
By issuing the proclamation, Trump said he was asserting the nation’s “promise to stand firm against communism” and ensuring the ideology “finds its place on the ash heap of history.”
Trump signed the proclamation Nov. 7, 2025, marking it as the 250th year of American independence.
