US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday designating Antifa a domestic terrorist organization.
The order calls Antifa a “ militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States Government.” Asserting a trend of political violence, the order instructs executive agencies to “investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations” of Antifa and related people. A fact sheet from the Trump administration describes multiple examples of political violence, which it attributes to Antifa, including assaults against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
Antifa, which stands for anti-fascist, has long been a concern of President Trump, who called for this designation at the end of his first term as well. Th