Red scare revived as Trump leads push to attack Democrats as ‘communists’

In wake of primary wins by leftwing candidates in New York and elsewhere, president has resorted to well-worn tactic

Moments after Donald Trump rang the ceremonial opening bell on Monday, starting the trading day from the Oval Office, 232 miles north on Wall Street, the US senator Ted Cruz celebrated the president's new savings accounts as his administration's New Deal".

But instead of having government taking care of everyone," the Republican senator declared, Trump accounts are about making every child and every American a capitalist."