Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday launched an attack on supposed communists that critics said sounded more like a description of President Donald Trump.
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During a Fox News interview, Cruz referred to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as “comrade Mamdani” and slammed him for owning a home in Uganda, where he was born.
“But that’s always the case. Fidel Castro was a billionaire. Putin is a billionaire,” Cruz said. “The leaders of communist regimes are always rich. They steal and rob from those they govern.”
Mamdani is a democratic socialist, not a communist. Yet leading Republican figures such as Cruz have taken a cue from Trump, who lately has attacked supposed “communists” in a callback to the Red Scare. In most cases, however, Trump uses the word to describe just about anyone he doesn’t like.
Trump is not just a billionaire; his personal wealth has skyrocketed by more than $2 billion since he returned to the White House last year. That number includes more than $1 billion from his crypto businesses, which he gained while some 764,000 other crypto wallets suffered massive losses on $TRUMP, according to The New York Times.
Trump’s unprecedented use of the White House to enrich himself even caused The Wall Street Journal editorial board to accuse the president and his family of “profiting off the presidency in ways that demean the office.”
Given that context, Cruz’s attack on leaders who are “always rich” and “steal and rob from those they govern” sounded a lot like it could apply to Trump himself.
Critics wrote:
Cancun Cruz not self aware enough to realize what he just admitted about Trump …. https://t.co/WzY3jSFAKg
— Brandon Richards 🐻 (@BrandonRichards) July 29, 2026
Who want to tell him? https://t.co/AwrbdecODk
— Jeff Timmer (@jefftimmer) July 29, 2026
Left out another country https://t.co/qaFiCaQjTL
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) July 29, 2026
Do these people not hear themselves?? https://t.co/naSezLsmGq
— Covie (@covie_93) July 29, 2026
Ted is so close to getting it. https://t.co/KuW0YLX2ir
— Arse Grammatica (@ArseGrammatica) July 29, 2026
Sounds like Ted Cruz is saying Trump is the leader of a communist regime. https://t.co/hgLUQWUOEw
— The Possum Politic™ (@PossumPolitic) July 29, 2026
Ted Cruz accidentally made the case against his own President. What a fucking idiot. https://t.co/F8Es4KLWR1
— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) July 29, 2026
Hmmmmmm…. He’s so close. https://t.co/3Cl5VZAcla
— Rosalind Garcia (@GarciaRosalind) July 29, 2026
Someone should introduce the Senator to the orange guy who lives on Pennsylvania Avenue. https://t.co/FkH6AwMFis
— Bruce Crossing (@SenatorCrossing) July 29, 2026
? https://t.co/tCrJOb5JNO pic.twitter.com/zoUkjTXtpd
— jordan (@JordanUhl) July 29, 2026
Donald Trump made more money in the last year and a half than in his entire life. What is that called @tedcruz? https://t.co/bbVg6DyYjt
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— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) July 29, 2026
Sounds familiar https://t.co/j3LoitL0NY
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) July 29, 2026
think about it for 10 more seconds bud https://t.co/Proed3TPje
— nikki mccann ramírez (@NikkiMcR) July 29, 2026
Crazy that he can’t see the irony. https://t.co/zfRFcM0eKn
— Turnbull (@cturnbull1968) July 29, 2026
Anyone told him about Trump https://t.co/aEh8Z3ahyE
— jim manley (@jamespmanley) July 29, 2026
I can’t anymore, y’all. Like for fucking real. https://t.co/9EzIqEZIVN
— shelby (@thetrueshelby) July 29, 2026
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