Trump targets antifa Movement as 'terrorist organization'

Friday, September 19, 2025

Donald Trump announced that he is designating "Antifa" to be a terrorist organization. The catch being that there is no such organization. Antifa is instead a loosely defined ideological movement and the term can be applied to anyone who opposes fascism in any of its forms.

Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 08:30 PM | 16 COMMENTS | permalink

Antifa is a left-wing, anti-fascist and anti-racist political movement.

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-- Newsweek (@newsweek.com) Sep 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM

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#1 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-09-18 12:03 AM

When Stephen Miller said the the government will destroy left-wing groups, this is what he means. They are attempting to criminalize anyone who disagrees with the administration about anything. You have a problem with the US government carrying out extrajudicial murders of people who may or may not be drug smugglers? Congratulations, you're an antifa terrorist. You oppose Trump accepting crypto investments from foreign governments in exchange for lifting trade restrictions? You're Antifa too. Want to speak out against revoking the visas of immigrants and visitors for exercising their freedom of speech? You are most definitely Antifa.

#2 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-09-18 12:07 AM

The FBI will immediately put the leader of Antifa on its Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List, like Usama Bin Laden or Hannibal Lecter: i.ytimg.com

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-09-18 02:03 AM

and the term can be applied to anyone who opposes fascism in any of its forms.

Which is likely the point.

This will raise an uncomfortable position, though, when they start going after their critics as "antifa," essentially admitting they're fascists.

#4 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-18 09:26 AM

when they start going after their critics as "antifa," essentially admitting they're fascists.

#2 | POSTED BY JPW

Anyone in public demonstrating against Trump can now be called "Antifa", and therefore terrorists no matter how peaceful they are and no matter how solid they are as American citizens.

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2025-09-18 09:49 AM

"President can't designate Domestic Terrorist groups.."

-OneIronNut

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-09-18 11:24 AM

How long until American Citizens get deported to Antarctica for talking ---- about human Scum like Charlie Kirk?

ANTARCTICA is the best place.. Bigly.

Beautiful ICE Floes for Un American Haters of True Americans.

#7 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-09-19 12:07 PM

This is just the beginning, you know:

"Heritage Foundation's John Malcolm on its new originalist analysis of the Constitution"

www.pbs.org

#8 | Posted by Corky at 2025-09-19 09:33 PM

President can't designate Domestic Terrorist groups.."
-OneIronNut
#6 | Posted by donorbot

He can't. You do understand The game changes once designated right?

Targeting a domestic group is completely different than designation.

It's like when Biden administration targeted white supremacists in the military.

#9 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-09-19 09:41 PM

It's like when Biden administration targeted white supremacists in the military.

#9 | Posted by oneironaut

Who were in turn protected by other white supremacists in the military.

#10 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-09-19 11:40 PM

Antifa is a decentralized political movement, not an organization. It's an idea.

Anti-fascist.

The people who want to shut Antifa down are white supremacists and fascists. If you're not anti fascist, you're a member of the team.

#11 | Posted by chuffy at 2025-09-20 02:11 AM

There is no doubt that Antifa is a terrorist organization. In the US and elsewhere. I remember in the early 2000s, reading an article in the Economist comparing Al Qaeda with early century anarchist movements in the US and Europe. I'll try and dig it up.

#12 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-09-20 05:10 AM

"The FBI will immediately put the leader of Antifa on its Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List"

Antifa is not Brigate Rosse or Rote Armee Fraktion. It's an ideology, not an organization.

#13 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-09-20 05:13 AM

"The people who want to shut Antifa down are white supremacists and fascists."

Or they just don't want to see their neighborhoods burned, cars set on fire, and ATMs destroyed.

That's pretty much everyone.

They characterize themselves as anti-fascist, but only so far as they are anarchists whose beliefs are just as violent and suppressive as the fascists they purport to align against. They are not the good guys, unless you also share the entirety of their beliefs. Few do.

#14 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-09-20 05:17 AM

Antifa is a loosely organized movement.
There is no hierarchy.
No marching orders.
Antifa as proclaimed by the reichwing is largely a product of fearful, conspiratorially inclined imaginations.
This is like during the Vietnam War, looking for all that North Vietnamese money funding the anti war effort.
There was no "there" there.
More boolshee from folks who would rather deal with the nonexistent than actually contend with reality.

#15 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-09-20 06:27 AM

There are certainly people who dress in black bloc and just want to burn the world down, and will use any protest as an opportunity. Others live by a code, and don't want to simply create chaos, though their methods may run afoul of the law, which can also be used against them to counteract what they are trying to accomplish

#16 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-09-20 07:06 AM

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