President Donald J. Trump reportedly said Monday that he is considering formally designating Antifa and other far-left organizations as domestic terrorist groups, a move that comes in the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Asked directly whether he planned to take that step, Trump left little doubt. “Well, it’s something I would do, yeah,” the president said. “If I have support from the people back here– I think we’d start with Pam, I think. But I would– if you give me– I would do that 100%, and others also, by the way. But Antifa is terrible.”
The president also indicated that the administration was weighing additional legal tools to combat organized left-wing violence. “Also, I’ve been speaking to the attorney general about bringing RICO against some of the people that you’ve been reading about that have been putting up millions and millions of dollars for agitation,” he said. “These aren’t protests, these are crimes what they’re doing.”
The remarks underscore Trump’s hardening stance toward Antifa, which conservatives have long pointed to as a network that thrives on chaos and political intimidation. Calls to act against the group have intensified since Kirk was gunned down at Utah Valley University last week.
Although there is no confirmed evidence linking the suspect, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, directly to Antifa, investigators found that Robinson etched anti-fascist slogans onto his bullet casings, including the taunt, “Hey fascist! Catch!” He also inscribed lyrics from “Bella Ciao,” an Italian anti-fascist song that has long been associated with radical movements.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, speaking to The Wall Street Journal, described Robinson as someone who had been “deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology” before the attack.
His characterization echoed broader Republican concerns that left-wing rhetoric and organizations have fueled a climate of violence against conservative figures.
Senior Trump administration officials echoed the president’s vow to respond forcefully. White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller pledged Monday to “identify, disrupt, dismantle, and destroy” any “left-wing organizations that are promoting violence” and the “vast domestic terror movement.”
Vice President J.D. Vance also made clear the administration’s commitment to rooting out the networks behind such unrest. “We’re going to go after the NGO network that foments, facilitates, and engages in violence,” Vance said. “Violence is not okay in our system, and we want to make it less likely it happens.”
For Trump and his allies, the assassination of Charlie Kirk represents not an isolated crime but part of a troubling pattern in which radicalized individuals or groups target conservative voices.
By raising the possibility of a domestic terror designation for Antifa and exploring the use of racketeering charges, the administration is signaling that it sees political violence from the left as a national security threat, not merely a law enforcement matter.
“Antifa is terrible,” Trump said bluntly, leaving little ambiguity about where his administration intends to focus its efforts.
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