{"id":2489791,"date":"2025-09-22T20:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T00:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-signs-executive-order-declaring-antifa-a-domestic-terrorist-organization\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T20:55:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T00:55:36","slug":"trump-signs-executive-order-declaring-antifa-a-domestic-terrorist-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-signs-executive-order-declaring-antifa-a-domestic-terrorist-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump signs executive order declaring antifa a domestic 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-signs-executive-order-declaring-antifa-a-domestic-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=2489791&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 President Donald Trump signed an executive order officially designating Antifa as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fmr-gov-cuomo-grants-clemency-to-weather-underground-member\/\" title=\"Fmr. Gov. Cuomo grants clemency to Weather Underground member\">domestic terrorist organization<\/a>. The move follows efforts by Trump and his administration to target what they describe as radical left groups, especially after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on September 10. The executive order characterizes Antifa as a militarist and anarchist group that seeks to overthrow the U.S. government using illegal violence and terrorism.It accuses Antifa of recruiting and radicalizing young Americans while concealing its operations to evade law enforcement. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that the administration is also investigating who funds Antifa and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >similar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/developing-trump-will-declare-antifa-terror-org-let-ice-do-whatever-the-hell-you-want-if-spit-on\/\" title=\"Developing: ... Will Declare ... Terror Org, Let ICE Do &#039;Whatever the Hell You Want&#039; if Spit On\">violent left-wing groups<\/a><\/a>. Trump had previously expressed willingness to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization during his first term amid protests following George Floyd&#8217;s death and reaffirmed this stance after Kirk&#8217;s assassination.The article includes statements from Trump condemning violent rhetoric from the radical left and pledging to hold accountable those involved in political violence. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump signs executive order declaring ntifa a domestic terrorist organization<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2234547\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> signed an executive order on Monday officially designating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antifa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">antifa<\/a> as a domestic terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p>The order comes after Trump and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">administration<\/a> officials have pledged to target &ldquo;radical left&rdquo; organizations following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3818985\/tucker-carlson-megyn-kelly-and-gop-governors-headlining-turning-point-tour\/\">Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, and GOP governors headlining Turning Point tour<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3819179\/trump-ally-assumes-virginia-prosecutor-post-after-letitia-james-case-scuffle\/\">Trump ally assumes Virginia prosecutor post after Letitia James case scuffle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3819300\/forgiveness-vs-fury-erika-kirk-trump-offer-competing-visions-charlie-kirk-memorial\/\">Erika Kirk and Trump offer competing visions at Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s memorial<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Antifa is a militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States Government, law enforcement authorities, and our system of law,&rdquo; the executive order reads. &ldquo;It uses illegal means to organize and execute a campaign of violence and terrorism nationwide to accomplish these goals.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The executive order claims that antifa, which is a decentralized, left-wing movement of loosely knit networks, &ldquo;recruits, trains, and radicalizes young Americans to engage in this violence and suppression of political activity, then employs elaborate means and mechanisms to shield the identities of its operatives, conceal its funding sources and operations in an effort to frustrate law enforcement, and recruit additional members.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday during a White House press briefing before the executive order was signed that the move would be coming soon and was &ldquo;something the president campaigned on, because we have seen a rise in violence perpetuated by antifa, radical people across this country who subscribe to this group.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt continued, &ldquo;We will also be, most importantly, looking at who is funding Antifa and who is funding these other violent left-wing groups that we&rsquo;ve seen perpetuate so much crime and mayhem across our country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3808717\/trump-open-to-designating-antifa-domestic-terrorist-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previously expressed openness<\/a> to declaring antifa, which is short for antifascist, a terrorist organization, saying it was &ldquo;something I would do,&rdquo; while speaking to reporters at the White House on Sept. 15.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not the first time Trump has sought to designate the group as a domestic terrorist organization, as he supported doing so during his first administration amid protests over the death of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/george-floyd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">George Floyd<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3493802\/antifa-organization-movement-has-metastasized\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>HOW THE ANTIFA MOVEMENT HAS METASTASIZED<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During a video address following Kirk&rsquo;s assassination, Trump pledged his administration would &ldquo;find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity and to other political violence, including the organizations that fund it and support it, as well as those who go after our judges, law enforcement officials, and everyone else who brings order to our country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world&rsquo;s worst mass murderers and criminals, Trump said. &ldquo;This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism that we&rsquo;re seeing in our country today, and it must stop right now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump signs order labeling antifa a domestic terrorist group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2912,"featured_media":2489792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25265753990137.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3802,63869,32911,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2489791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-antifa","tag-domestic-terrorist-organization","tag-executive-order","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25265753990137.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2489791"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2489795,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489791\/revisions\/2489795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2489792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2489791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2489791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2489791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}