Saved communist, securing plaudits finally -- and Trump's stick? (7)
I believe the answer is:
rescued
'saved' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'communist securing plaudits finally and trump's stick?' is the wordplay.
'communist' becomes 'red' (red is a kind of communist).
'securing' indicates putting letters inside.
'finally' suggests the final letters.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'trump's stick?' becomes 'cue' (as in snooker cue - Judd Trump is a snooker player).
The final letter of 'plaudits' is 's'.
's'+'cue'='scue'
'red' going around 'scue' is 'RESCUED'.
(Other definitions for rescued that I've seen before include "Saved (from danger)" , "Secured (anag.)" , "set free" , "Saved from - seducer (anag)" , "Delivered from danger" .)