President Donald Trump talks to the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on September 21. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

President Donald Trump intends to designate the anti-fascism movement Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization as soon as Monday, a move that would be one of the first major steps in his promised crackdown on left-leaning political entities, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

“Antifa is going to be designated a domestic terrorist organization,” Leavitt told reporters at a Monday press briefing. “The president intends to sign an executive order very soon.”

“As soon as today,” she added.

The president announced last week he would designate Antifa as a terrorist organization, part of his planned crackdown on left

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