US President Donald Trump said that he would be the greatest communist on a par with Vladimir Lenin if communism had to be «sold as an idea».

«Communism is taking shape in the country, and communism is easy to sell. I would be the greatest communist in history. I would be on the same level as Lenin. I would be no worse than anyone else,» Trump said at a press conference in Ankara following the NATO summit.

«Communism is a catastrophe. This has been proven over the millennia: under different names, but the essence remains the same. When they say ‘social democrats.’ We are social democrats. It sounds so nice. But it is not. It is a very dangerous term,» Trump concluded.