Trump Officially Designates Antifa as a Terrorist Organization
According to the English section of webangah News Agency, citing Mehr News Agency and TASS, U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order officially listing the anti-fascist movement (Antifa) as a terrorist organization.
The White House statement reads: “Antifa is a militarized anarchist group that openly calls for the overthrow of the United States government,law enforcement agencies,and our legal system. The group employs illegal methods to organize and carry out campaigns of violence and terrorism across the country to achieve these goals.”
The statement continues: “This campaign includes coordinated efforts to obstruct federal law enforcement thru armed confrontations wiht police forces, organizing riots, violent attacks on Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as well as other law enforcement agents, and threatening or publicly exposing personal data (doxing) of political figures and activists.”
Further in the statement: “Antifa recruits, trains, and radicalizes American youth for participation in these violent acts and political repression. It then uses complex methods to conceal its members’ identities, hide financial resources and operations in order to evade law enforcement efforts, while continuously recruiting new members. individuals associated with or acting on behalf of Antifa coordinate with other organizations to expand, incite, and advance political violence aimed at suppressing lawful political discourse.”
Quoting President Trump directly from the declaration: “Due to this pattern of politically motivated violence designed to suppress lawful political activities and hinder law enforcement functions, I hereby designate Antifa as a ‘domestic terrorist organization.’ All relevant departments and executive agencies must use all available legal authorities to investigate, disrupt, dismantle any unlawful operations-especially those involving terrorist acts-conducted by Antifa or any person claiming association with it. This includes all necessary investigative and judicial actions against financial supporters enabling such operations.”
Earlier reports noted that Peter Szijjártó, Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Policy Relations wrote a letter urging EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas to recognize Antifa as a terrorist organization.
On September 18th (September 9th Iran calendar), following the assassination of Charlie Kirk-a conservative public figure supporting president Trump-Trump initiated new measures targeting left-wing groups warning he would place “Antifa” on domestic terror lists. He announced this via his social platform Truth Social citing Kirk’s assassination as justification.
Kirk was fatally shot on september 10th during a speech in Utah at age 31. Known for backing Trump firmly during his presidential campaign-as reported by The Associated Press-and vocally opposing U.S military aid for Ukraine priorly; Tyler Robinson is now detained under suspicion in Kirk’s murder case. During robinson’s first court hearing before Utah state judgeship officials was informed that if convicted of first-degree murder charges he faces possible capital punishment.
