^^^ Google Translate gives this Russian translation for "Giddy-up!" as Но-о! (in the Cyrillic alphabet, Н = Latin alphabet N)
Vladimir Putin was a card carrying member of the Communist Party of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. This 2016 article excerpt is from Radio France International.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday revealed he has kept his USSR Communist Party membership card, and still has a soft spot for socialist ideals. "I didn't throw out my party card, I didn't burn it," said Putin, a former KGB agent in East Germany, at a meeting with supporters, quoted by Interfax news agency. "My card is lying round somewhere." [ ... ] "I wasn't a party member through necessity. I can't say I was totally an ideological Communist but I did really treasure it (the card)," said Putin, pointing out that he served for nearly 20 years in the "armed wing of the party". Putin -- who has revived some Soviet traditions and state controls over his years ruling Russia -- said that he still "really likes" the ideals of communism, even if they were not implemented properly by Soviet leaders.
Trump loves communist dictators and often acts like one. This is from an article at The Atlantic by Jonathan Chait.
In 1990, Trump told Playboy that the Chinese Communist Party “almost blew it” before showing “the power of strength” by crushing demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, thus avoiding the fate of the Soviet regimes that fell the same year. He has praised Communist dictators—not in the vein of, say, congratulating Cuba for its education policy, but specifically for crushing all opposition. “He’s a brilliant guy,” Trump gushed of China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in 2024. “He controls 1.4 billion people with an iron fist. I mean, he’s a brilliant guy, whether you like it or not.” Trump once claimed that he and Kim Jong Un “fell in love,” explaining: “He’s the head of a country. And, I mean, he is the strong head. Don’t let anyone think anything different. He speaks and his people sit up at attention. I want my people to do the same.”
Trump would probably enjoy communism a lot more than democracy.
Trump’s denunciations of communism have an undercurrent of admiration. “Communism is very easy to sell. It destroys everything, but it is very easy,” he mused recently. “I’ll be honest—I think I’d be the greatest Communist in history. I’d give free rent: Ladies and gentlemen, from now on, you don’t have to pay any rent. From now on, anybody who wants a house, just pick the house you want. Everybody gets free food. Everything is free from this point forward. Everyone’s gonna vote for me.” Trump accurately captured communism’s main allure—its promise to create a paradise on Earth. But he also described his own political style. He has at times claimed his health-care plan will give people fantastic coverage at lower cost, that he will bring American manufacturing jobs back by the millions, and that he will personally roll back inflation, among other tantalizing promises. Trump once said, “I will give you everything,” a pledge that would have struck even Lenin as a bit messianic. Unlike the Communists, however, Trump has not bothered to even attempt measures like universal health insurance. He has skipped straight ahead to the coup attempts, show trials, military parades, kitschy personality cult, and endless harangues filled with absurd claims about economic progress.
In the USSR, party members had privileges which mere proletarians could only dream of. They had better housing, access to elite stores, and could travel more freely. It was anything but a "classless society". Trump is fine with a large underclass with a small wealthy elite ruling over them.
