President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a memorandum to combat domestic terrorism and organized political violence in the United States.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller presented the document to Trump during a signing event in the Oval Office, saying that the executive action marks “the first time in American history that there is an all-of-government effort to dismantle left-wing terrorism, to dismantle Antifa.”
The move aims to build on an executive order signed by Trump on Sept. 22 that designates Antifa a domestic terrorism organization.
Trump attributed the executive action to a rise in left-wing violence across the United States, coming after the Sept. 10 assassination of conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk.
These allegations escalated in the wake of a Sept. 24 shooting at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility that left one dead and two injured. Bullets found at the scene contain anti-ICE messaging. All three victims of the attack were detainees at the facility, and no law enforcement officers were wounded in the shooting.
In a post on Truth Social after that attack, Trump wrote, “The continuing violence from Radical Left Terrorists, in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, must be stopped.”
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