{"id":2488076,"date":"2025-09-18T09:01:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-will-designate-antifa-as-a-terrorist-organization\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T09:36:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:36:37","slug":"trump-says-he-will-designate-antifa-as-a-terrorist-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-will-designate-antifa-as-a-terrorist-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says He Will Designate Antifa As A Terrorist Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-he-will-designate-antifa-as-a-terrorist-organization%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2488076&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that former President donald Trump officially designated the far-left group Antifa as a terrorist institution. Trump described Antifa as a &#8220;sick, risky, radical left disaster&#8221; and announced plans to investigate those funding the group. This move follows the assassination of conservative figure Charlie Kirk by a left-wing radical, which has been linked ideologically to Antifa through symbolic references such as antifascist songs and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald ...\">social media posts<\/a>.The article highlights Antifa&#8217;s history of violent protests, including attempted attacks on law enforcement and raids on federal buildings, as well as recent indictments of individuals connected to Antifa-related domestic terrorism.The author argues that Trump&#8217;s designation is a necessary response to Antifa&#8217;s ongoing violence and extremism in the United States.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Antifa_facing_off_with_the_far-right,_Portsmouth_4_-_53977508085.jpg\">  Tim Sheerman-Chase \/ Wikimedia Commons <\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/18\/trump-i-am-designating-antifa-as-a-major-terrorist-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Trump:%20%E2%80%98I%20Am%20Designating%20ANTIFA%20%E2%80%A6%20AS%20A%20MAJOR%20TERRORIST%20ORGANIZATION%E2%80%99&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/18\/trump-i-am-designating-antifa-as-a-major-terrorist-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Trump:%20%E2%80%98I%20Am%20Designating%20ANTIFA%20%E2%80%A6%20AS%20A%20MAJOR%20TERRORIST%20ORGANIZATION%E2%80%99&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/18\/trump-i-am-designating-antifa-as-a-major-terrorist-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/18\/trump-i-am-designating-antifa-as-a-major-terrorist-organization\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Trump:%20%E2%80%98I%20Am%20Designating%20ANTIFA%20%E2%80%A6%20AS%20A%20MAJOR%20TERRORIST%20ORGANIZATION%E2%80%99&amp;body=Trump's%20decision%20to%20formally%20recognize%20Antifa%20as%20a%20terrorist%20organization%20is%20long%20overdue.%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/18\/trump-i-am-designating-antifa-as-a-major-terrorist-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he would be designating the radical far-left group Antifa as a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A Patriots that I am designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-ranking-california-prosecutor-charged-with-11-felony-counts\/\" title=\"California prosecutor faces 11 felony charges\">highest legal standards<\/a> and practices. Thank you for your attention to this matter!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-556135268\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The announcement comes one week after conservative titan Charlie Kirk was assassinated by an alleged left-winger radicalized by transgender ideology who engraved the bullet casings with slogans like, &ldquo;Hey fascist! Catch!&rdquo; As Kyle Shideler <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/16\/antifa-is-responsible-for-charlie-kirks-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> in these pages, this phrase, along with arrow imagery and the Italian partisan song &ldquo;Bella ciao,&rdquo; are apparently associated with <em>Helldivers,<\/em> a video game that has a satirical fascist government.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than grapple with the suspected assassin&rsquo;s clear ideological motivations, many on the left have seized on the gaming reference to argue that the attack had no political ties at all. Yet, as Shideler pointed out, &ldquo;actual&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShidelerK\/status\/1966839266769858697\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Antifa and anarchist accounts<\/a>&nbsp;seem to claim the shooter as one of their own.&rdquo; Shideler noted that a Pittsburgh-based anarchist account that &ldquo;specializes in distributing Antifa and anarchist propaganda &hellip; mocked those claiming the attack had been done by a member of the far-right,&rdquo; and later responded to a post about Kirk&rsquo;s assassination with lyrics from &ldquo;Bella Ciao&rdquo; &mdash; a famous antifascist song. A group of protesters in New York City disrupted a vigil for Kirk by singing the song as well.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Clearly, &lsquo;anti-fascists&rsquo; saw and understood the reference as an ideological endorsement,&rdquo; Shideler wrote. <\/p>\n<p>Antifa&rsquo;s violent history has been well documented and has long demanded attention and accountability. An alleged <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/15\/jury-finds-portland-antifa-leader-guilty-police-arrest-member-for-assault\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Antifa<\/a> cell <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/10\/terrorist-attack-in-texas-demands-federal-targeting-of-antifa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attempted to assassinate<\/a> police officers outside of the Prairieland Detention Center in July. The center was being used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement as a detention facility for illegal aliens. Material found on the suspects included a &ldquo;Resist Fascism&rdquo; flag. That same month, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/09\/rioters-charged-with-assaulting-officers-during-violent-antifa-protests-outside-portland-ice-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rioters<\/a> affiliated with &ldquo;the anarchist extremist group Antifa,&rdquo; took over a federal building in Portland in protest of ICE, according to The Post Millennial.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile in Georgia, more than 60 individuals were <a href=\"https:\/\/centerforsecuritypolicy.org\/georgia-grand-jury-indicts-60-individuals-on-stopcopcity-rico-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">charged<\/a> in 2023 for domestic terrorism and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >material support charges &#038;ldquo<\/a>;over Antifa and eco-terrorist violence,&rdquo; as <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/10\/terrorist-attack-in-texas-demands-federal-targeting-of-antifa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> by Shideler, who says it&rsquo;s the &ldquo;first known Antifa case where law enforcement successfully &lsquo;followed the money,&rsquo; raiding the Atlanta Solidarity Fund and its fiscal sponsor, The Network for Strong Communities, over charity fraud allegations for their alleged role in backing violent protests.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s decision to formally recognize Antifa as a terrorist organization is a long overdue response to a movement that has left a trail of violence, intimidation, and ideological extremism across the country.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. 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