US EditionTrump designates anti-fascist Antifa movement as a terrorist organization
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social his intention to classify the anti-fascist movement Antifa as a significant terrorist entity.
- The announcement follows earlier signals made this week after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, which some on the right linked to leftist ideology associated with Antifa.
- Antifa is a loosely organized, leaderless social movement lacking centralized structure, making the legal mechanism and practical effects of the designation uncertain.
- Trump characterized Antifa as a harmful and extreme left-wing threat and announced he intends to push for comprehensive investigations into those financially supporting the group, adhering to the strictest legal standards.
- The designation triggered praise from some Republicans but protests from Democrats, while White House officials said it forms part of broader actions to address political violence linked to left-wing groups.
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Trump: I'm Designating Antifa a Terrorist Organization
President Trump announced from the UK, where he is currently on a state visit, that he plans to designate antifa a terrorist organization, though it's not clear exactly how that will work. The president made the announcement on his Truth Social network around 1:30am local time Thursday, the AP...
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Trump says designating Antifa 'a major terrorist organization'
US President Donald Trump said he would designate "Antifa" -- a shorthand term for "anti-fascist" used to describe diffuse far-left groups -- as "a major terrorist organization," a move he threatened in his first term.
For days, US President Trump and his team have been stirring up sentiment against the "radical left," whom they blame for the death of right-wing nationalist activist Kirk. Now Trump wants to classify the Antifa movement as a terrorist organization.
Through his social network, the president called the Antifa movement "a radical disaster of the left, dangerous and sick"
US President Donald Trump has announced that he will designate the Antifa movement, a generic term for far-left groups that claim to be anti-fascist, as a "terrorist" organization.
Donald Trump wants to classify Antifa as a terrorist organization and to scrutinise the funding.
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