Donald Trump made a pointed return to the Washington Hilton, the hotel where a recent attempt on his life unfolded, using the appearance before a Christian audience to warn against what he described as the spread of communism in the United States.
Speaking at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority event, Trump addressed supporters at the same venue tied to the Washington Correspondents’ Dinner shooting in April. In his remarks, the President accused the Democratic Party of being increasingly influenced by socialist ideas.
The Faith & Freedom Coalition, an influential evangelical Christian organization, has been aligned with Trump for much of the past decade. According to organizers, he has addressed the group’s annual conference nearly a dozen times.
Acknowledging the setting, Trump told the audience, “We’re going to have a more pleasant experience” this time, adding that he knew the room well in a clear reference to his previous visit to the Washington Hilton.
During the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in late April, 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen allegedly breached a security checkpoint while carrying guns and knives, triggering a firefight and forcing the President to be evacuated from the venue.
Trump then turned his focus to what he called the growing appeal of communism in the U.S., arguing that its promises can be easily marketed to voters.
“I think I’d be the greatest communist in history,” the President said, suggesting that he could win support by promising free housing, food and other benefits.
Standing near the area where he had been seated during the correspondents’ dinner just months earlier, Trump also said of communists, “Assassination is a big deal for them.” He went on to tell the Christian crowd, “All communists are Godless,” a remark that drew a stunned reaction from those in attendance.
‘Were going to have a more pleasant experience’ this time, Trump said, noting how he knows the room very well, referring to his last trip to the Washington Hilton when a gunman fired at law enforcement causing the event to be cancelled
Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump await his remarks at an event at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s 2026 Policy Conference at the Washington Hilton
Communists, Trump said, often target religion, particularly Christians.
‘It’s part of their deal,’ the President remarked. ‘They will close your churches … they will kill your people, and that’s what they’re about.’
The crowd of Christians boisterously cheered as the President spoke, laughing at his jokes about becoming the greatest US communist.
In a social media post published just before he came on stage, Trump wrote ‘all communist countries attack religions violently.’
He warned that communists, if given power, ‘will close your churches, they will kill your people.’
The President’s focused remarks on rising communism come on the heels of several Democratic socialist candidates sweeping elections in New York, three of whom were endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, himself a Democratic socialist.
‘He’s a nice guy,’ Trump said of the mayor before adding that the skyscrapers across the city will soon turn into ghettos seen in the third world.
In his remarks before the evangelical crowd, Trump noted how he set up a Department of Justice task force to eradicate anti-Christian discrimination and a Department of Education directive to protect prayer in schools.
Trump called out ‘nice guy’ New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani when talking about communism’s rise in the US
He also spoke about his efforts to ban transgender athletes from women’s sports, bar transgender surgeries for minors and enshrine that there are only two genders in the US.
Trump also touched on his administration’s efforts to combat Islamist terrorists in Africa that have been persecuting Christian communities, mostly in Nigeria, noting how the US military has been involved in fighting the radical militants.
