Steve Forbes, the chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes and a former Republican presidential candidate, has publicly endorsed President Donald Trump's warning that communism poses a serious internal threat to the United States. Speaking to Fox News Digital, Forbes argued that Trump is right to characterise this internal communist threat as the greatest danger facing America, lending his voice as a long-standing advocate of capitalism to the president's messaging on the issue.

Forbes made the remarks during an interview at Freedom Fest in Las Vegas, where he discussed the state of the American economy and touched on the rise of socialist politics, including in New York City. A prominent champion of free markets and sound money for decades, Forbes ran for the Republican presidential nomination in both 1996 and 2000. His comments align with a broader theme in conservative commentary warning against socialist and Marxist ideas gaining ground in American politics.