President Donald Trump wants antifa to be declared a terrorist organization as the country grapples with violent protests.
As protests and fiery demonstrations sweep the country, President Donald Trump and some of his closest allies are placing the blame on a loosely formed, mostly far-left political movement.
« The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization, » Trump wrote on Twitter this weekend.
He again took aim at « antifa » during a public address at the White House Monday.
« In recent days, our nation has been gripped by professional anarchists, violent mobs, arsonists, looters, criminals, rioters, Antifa and others, » Trump told reporters.
The president’s focus on the antifa movement, which has militant elements and is associated with violent activity targeting white supremacists and Nazis, comes as the nation grapples the killing of a black man during an arrest in Minneapolis.
It’s unclear how Trump would designate the group as a domestic terrorist organization, a distinction that doesn’t currently exist.
