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President Donald Trump said he is designating the far-left anti-fascism movement Antifa as a terrorist organization, announcing the move on his Truth Social platform in the early hours of Thursday morning UK time.
It wasn’t immediately clear what mechanism Trump would use to make the designation, and Antifa lacks centralized structure or defined leadership, making it unclear who or what precisely would be targeted.
“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,” Trump wrote. “I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
A White House official told CNN, “This is just one of many actions the president will take to address left wing organizations that fuel political violence.”
Trump — who’s overseas for a formal state visit — signaled the move earlier this week in remarks from the Oval Office following the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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fascist snowflake big mad at anti-fascism
cry harder fashbro
Someone doesn’t know what “organization” means.
More likely because they are so vague, he can label any opposition as antifa and toss them in prison.
Not just Trump; the Dutch parliament has just accepted a motion to also declare Antifa a terrorist organization.
This is a country that was occupied by Nazis 80 years ago. People who fought in the resistance have always been considered heroes. And now they’re declared criminals. These parties are openly siding with the Nazis.
Mind you, we also had the AFA, Anti-Fascist Action 40 years ago, when they attacked a racist fringe political party with smoke bombs that ended up burning down a hotel, so declaring them terrorist would have made some sort of sense at the time, but they haven’t been heard of for the past 39 years.
It’s pure political posturing to side with Trump or create an excuse to arrest protesters who disagree with them.
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Before the KKK?
the trorange would much sooner give each kkk individual a medal for “bravery and patriotism”
Designate a concept as a terrorist organization, and then you can label anyone you don’t like as antifa so you can prosecute them.
It’s ridiculous how far the US is now into fascism. If the frog knew any history it would know what it means to be in a nice pot with warm water on top of a stove.
This feels like those theatre plays for children where the wolf is hiding behind the main character and all the children are shouting “the wolf is there!!” While the main character remains oblivious.
I just watched a video of an interview with an FBI agent. That was literally what white supremicists say. “Do you support fascism? No? Then you’re antifa”
The Global War on Don’t Like Your Face doesn’t quite have the same ring to it, though it’s far more accurate.
“You have been found guilty of unlikable jib cut!”
This is what everyone warned of years ago.
He will label ActBlue as antifia. Its how a lot of progressive gather money to fund their campaigns. So AOC etc will either have to turn to super Pacs and fall inline or get no support.
Just watch they already mentioned investigating them before.
Anti ANTIFA? That’s just fascist with extra steps.
Some of the most important leaders of antifa
The asswipe on the far right, Stalin, is the number 2 ranked murderer and does represent ANTIFA.
Believe it or not, also a leader of antifa
He supported Pinochet and the South African apartheid regime, so no.
There was also the whole Iran-Contra kerfuffle, with said Contras being, shall we say, not really nice. Oh, and let’s not forget the Soviet-Afghan war, where lots of USA and Saudi money ended up financing “freedom fighters”
Against fascism? Terrorist
Against Trump? Terrorist
Pro-LGBT? Terrorist
Pro-free speech? Believe it or not, terrorist
Glad that you realized now that the term was always used against people other dislikes
Against genocide? Terrorist
You undercook fish, terrorist, you over cook chicken, terrorist.
Terrorism is the enemy of the “free world” because it’s a way for those being exploited to fight back without paying into the MIC.
Anyone protesting or says anything mean again him from now on = antifa
I feel like it’s incredibly important to note here that 4 days ago the US military, at the direct order of president trump, destroyed a Venezuelan civilian boat in international waters killing every one on board. The ENTIRE reason the trump administration claimed this move was legal (it isn’t in either courts of US law and the International Criminal Court) is because they claimed the boat was carrying members of Tren de Aragua which they recently officially announced as a terrorist organization.
This is what a lot of commenters are missing. This might be the most dangerous part.
Yep so those schedule No Kings for October will be considered terrorist gatherings.
Protest will no longer be allowed. At least peaceful ones. Time for general strike shut this country down.
It’s time for the Democrats in Congress to shut the government down.
Indefinitely if need be, just like Jimmy Kimmel.
and he wouldn’t be wrong if these people are well, anti fascist.
just a way to criminalize resistance with a swift handwave.
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coward.
right on message for libertarians.
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“I don’t want the fascists to think I’m not one of them” <-- that’s you
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You said that you didn’t want the fascists to think you were affiliated with the “left”, you did it in response to kirk being shot, by someone who’s political leaning is, as I most recently understand it, not well defined.
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He’s Facist and AntiFa is short for Anti-Facist
Makes sense from his fantasy version of the world.
Can’t wait for him to fall asleep in public and not wake-up
Trump Jnr was on some show a few days ago explaining how Antifa stands for Anti-Fascist but that they’re using the tools of fascists and are become fascist themselves.
This is how they will explain it to the sheep in red hats
The leftists are just like us and that is wrong so we must arrest them.
STOP COPYING MEEEEE
That says more about Trump, than anything else.
He’s pro-fa
Without the “pro”
