ANTI-COMMUNISM WEEK, 2025 – Presidential Proclamation

President Donald J. Trump proclaims the week of November 2–8, 2025 as Anti-Communism Week, calling Americans to remember the victims of communism and to reaffirm the nation’s commitment to liberty.

• Condemnation of Communism

  • Communism is described as one of history’s most destructive ideologies, responsible for more than 100 million deaths worldwide.
  • It is portrayed as a system that erases faith, suppresses freedom, destroys prosperity, and violates God-given rights and human dignity.
  • The proclamation states that communism’s history is “written in blood and sorrow” and equates it with servitude.

• Warning Against Modern Forms

  • Trump argues that, even after the Cold War, forms of tyranny persist.
  • He warns that “new voices” are repeating old communist ideas, now dressed up as “social justice” or “democratic socialism.”
  • These movements are described as pushing people to trade freedom and prosperity for government control—something America “rejects.”

• Affirmation of American Principles

  • The United States is reaffirmed as a nation founded on the eternal truths of liberty and opportunity as birthrights of every person.
  • No ideology, foreign or domestic, is said to be able to extinguish these rights.

• Purpose of Anti-Communism Week

  • To honor the victims of communist oppression.
  • To stand united in defense of the values of a free people.
  • To ensure that communism and any system denying life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are consigned to the “ash heap of history.”

• Formal Proclamation

  • Trump, acting under his constitutional and legal authority, officially proclaims November 2–8, 2025 as Anti-Communism Week.
  • The proclamation closes with the traditional “IN WITNESS WHEREOF” formula, dating it “in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred fiftieth.”

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