‘I will be signing an Executive Order this week to dismantle these Domestic Terrorism Networks,’ the president said.
President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he would be signing a new executive order to dismantle Antifa networks in the United States.
“We have already declared ANTIFA a Terrorist Organization, and I will be signing an Executive Order this week to dismantle these Domestic Terrorism Networks,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social, referencing an executive order he signed earlier this week to declare the loosely organized left-wing group a domestic terrorist organization.
Antifa, standing for “anti-fascist,” is a left-wing group that acts through decentralized cells and doesn’t have a formal organizational or leadership structure. Members affiliated with the group have been spotted engaging in violence during protests, particularly those related to Black Lives Matter or opposing Trump. They generally subscribed to extreme political views that are communist or anarchist.
In a Sept. 22 executive order, Trump described Antifa as a “militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States government, law enforcement authorities, and our system of law.” Trump declared the group a domestic terrorist organization.
🚨 NEW: President Donald J. Trump just signed an order officially designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 22, 2025
Here is the text of the order:
Section 1. Antifa as a Terrorist Threat. Antifa is amilitarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the…
However, as a domestic entity, Antifa isn’t eligible for inclusion in the U.S. State Department list of foreign terrorist organizations. Despite some calls over the years for the federal government to create an equivalent domestic terrorist designation system, these efforts have faltered due to First Amendment concerns.
Trump’s latest announcement followed a shooting at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility that left one dead and two injured. All three victims in the facility were being detained there, and no law enforcement officers were harmed in the Wednesday attack. The suspect died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Trump stated that the attack was the latest instance of left-wing violence, coming two weeks after the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
“The continuing violence from Radical Left Terrorists, in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, must be stopped,” Trump said.
In all capital letters, Trump called on Democrats to “stop this rhetoric against ICE and America’s law enforcement, right now.”
By Joseph Lord
