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Trump declares crackdown on Antifa, cites ‘left-wing terror threat’

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem echoed Trump's warnings, saying Antifa operatives had “infiltrated our entire country” and compared the group’s structure to foreign terror networks.

U.S. President Donald Trump announces a deal with Pfizer to sell drugs at lower prices, in the Oval office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 30, 2025. / REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

 US President Donald Trump on Oct. 8 unveiled an aggressive federal crackdown on Antifa and other left-wing groups, calling them “domestic terrorists” and accusing Democratic leaders of turning a blind eye to years of violence against law enforcement and journalists. He vowed to “destroy the entire organization from top to bottom.”

Flanked by Attorney General Pam Bondi, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and FBI Director Kash Patel, Trump opened the White House roundtable by claiming a “serious left-wing terror threat in our country,” saying Antifa and other extremists had waged a “campaign of violence against ICE agents and federal property for nearly a decade.”

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