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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[–] 113 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Anyone protesting or says anything mean again him from now on = antifa

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago

    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.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 76 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    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

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    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

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  • [–] 76 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    That says more about Trump, than anything else.

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  • [–] 56 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Gosh. I hope the antifa chief doesn't get fired.

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    [–] 55 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Against fascism? Terrorist

    Against Trump? Terrorist

    Pro-LGBT? Terrorist

    Pro-free speech? Believe it or not, terrorist

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  • [–] 45 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    I hate this country. I hate having been born here. I hate the fact fascism is on the rise. I hate that people are openly embracing it again. I hate that I have to consider leaving everything for a less shit country. I hate almost everything.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Which country are you thinking of moving to?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Fascism is on the rise everywhere, you won't escape it by leaving. The only choice is to resist.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I don’t want to have to fight just to exist every single day of my life. It’s exhausting

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    Hard agree, but hopefully as people wake up you'll be fighting along side people you care about, it makes some difference. And if you find there is a country you can safely escape to, that might still an be an option.

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  • [–] 41 points 1 year ago

    Anti ANTIFA? That's just fascist with extra steps.

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago

    If you're against fascism, you're now an enemy of the state.

    Better start doing Nazi things to hide your true anti-fascist terrorist feelings, so you don't get arrested!

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Can't wait for everyone he doesn't like to be branded antifa.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    First they came for the communists <- You are here.

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  • [–] 58 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year 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.

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  • [–] 46 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Who runs Antifa, trump? WHO FUCKING RUNS ANTIFA???

    NOBODY DOES, YOU SHIT-BRAINED FUCKWIT

    When he brings in a random political enemy and dubs them "antifah'z leadurr" and literally nothing changes, his dumbass dickriders will still cheer and party while their freedom continues to erode. They get to blame the most absurd reasons spoonfed to them from daddy propaganda and we have to live with knowing it's their goddamn fault this happened.

    Thanks for reading my rant.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That’s fine, I’ve designated conservatives as terrorists.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Is he legally able to do that?

    I’m sure the republicans will give him carte blanche here, but I’m wondering if there’s any minimum bar to declare a group a terrorist organization.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago

    It's a pretense to shake down nonprofits with any connection to defending our rights. Open their books and make a mountain out even the slightest mistakes. Scare opponents into inaction.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Does an organization named Antifa even exist?

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    It wasn’t immediately clear what mechanism Trump would use

    This is true for nearly everything he's done so far. Yet, he just keeps doing them.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago

    This is going to lead to an escalation of political violence.

    If something as nebulous as antifa is "terrorist", then it's easy for anyone to be classified as a terrorist. See also what is going on in the UK with Palestine Action. But instead of embarrassed unarmed bobbies doing the arresting, in the US it will be masked, unidentified goons, mirroring ICE practices. So that lowers the threshold to drop into a "homo sacer" category that can be basically shot on sight. Which means, more people will have nothing to lose. Which means more political violence.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Give it time. Black folk will be labeled as Antifa agents.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    So will LGBTQ+ people. Especially trans people.

    Similar to how they’re working on porn bans while simultaneously saying that being trans is just a weird sex thing. The end goal is to ban these minority groups from public, and give authorities carte blanche to harass them simply for existing.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Some of the most important leaders of antifa

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  • [+] -10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Believe it or not, also a leader of antifa

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    He supported Pinochet and the South African apartheid regime, so no.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    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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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Someone doesn't know what "organization" means.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Oh, he learns from the israeli despot.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    US govt going mask off.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Is antifa in the room with us right now?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    fascist snowflake big mad at anti-fascism

    cry harder fashbro

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    They’re also planning on banning big foot

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    Uncle-fa banning antifa. Hah.

    Guess someone that isn't right-leaning have to be blamed for the assassinations and the far-right sure as hell won't have anything coming at them.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    What's he got against WW2 vets?

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    Look out, they may attack the antifa headquarters.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    It would be hilarious if a bunch of people on the left made a resistance group called the "New Republicans" just to fuck with them.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Can I be the first to declare myself anti-anti-antifa?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Hey Frumpy, Proud Boys as well, correct?

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    He can designate the Sith, too, it wouldn't mean any more.

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    coward.

    right on message for libertarians.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    "I don't want the fascists to think I'm not one of them" <-- that's you

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