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Scope LevelNational
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Last Update2025-09-18
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Event Overview
The announcement reflects a political stance against far-left movements, indicating a potential shift in domestic policy. The difficulty in categorizing Antifa highlights the complexities of defining and addressing decentralized groups within the legal framework.
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President Trump Announces Intent to Designate Antifa as a Major Terrorist Organization
President Trump announced his intention to designate Antifa, a far-left anti-fascism group, as a 'major terrorist organization.' This announcement was made during his state visit to the United Kingdom and follows earlier statements where he considered labeling Antifa as a 'domestic terror organization.' The lack of a unifying structure within Antifa makes it difficult to define or categorize it as such. During the first Trump administration, Attorney General Bill Barr stated that the Department of Justice (DOJ) would use FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces to identify and target 'criminal organizers and instigators' of violence during the George Floyd protests, including those associated with Antifa, treating their involvement as domestic terrorism.