How Trump keeps undercutting his anti-communist message

The Trump administration has taken government equity stakes in more than three dozen private companies.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3354x2236+0+0/resize/3354x2236!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F47%2F64%2F0bc5a8f04e99bc3a4f522b5ebaa3%2Fgettyimages-2297113625.jpg' alt='American and Chinese flags are displayed on President Trump's motorcade as he visits the National Archives Museum with China's President Xi Jinping on Friday in Washington, D.C.'/><p>The Trump administration has taken government equity stakes in more than three dozen private companies.</p><p>(Image credit: Win McNamee)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5913363' />