One of the only things President Donald Trump said in his State of the Union address that had a half-life over a nanosecond was his assertion that "America will never be a socialist country." His comment, which attempted to tie a spate of progressive policy ideas to the terrible conditions in Venezuela, signaled how conservatives will fight back against ideas like a Green New Deal, universal health coverage and much more progressive taxation. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin echoed the point, averring that "we're not going back to socialism."
That may be a successful political strategy (though I expect it to backfire).