Notably, during his presidency, Trump was confronted with a severe crisis, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. He responded by announcing he would crack down on price-gouging. In a March 23, 2020 press conference, Trump announced that he was implementing new policies "to prevent price gouging." Trump said that he would "not allow anyone to exploit the suffering of American citizens for their own profit." His plan was to make it a "crime" to sell certain products at "excessive prices." This was not just rhetoric. That day, Trump signed Executive Order 13910. Communist?