Trump: I Would Designate Antifa a Terrorist Organisation

Donald Trump will consider designating Antifa as a terror organisation as his administration cracks down on Left-wing groups accused of stirring up violence.

The US president said he would support proscribing the radical Left-wing network after Charlie Kirk was killed by a gunman accused of expressing anti-fascist views.

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“I would do that, 100 per cent,” Mr Trump said when asked about designating Antifa as a terror group during a question-and-answer session with reporters in the Oval Office.

He added: “Antifa is terrible.”

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Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested for the killing. Casings from the murder weapon were said by the FBI to have been inscribed with messages including: “Hey fascist! Catch!” and “Bella Ciao,” an Italian Second World War anti-fascist song.

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Stephen Miller, Mr Trump’s deputy chief of staff, has pledged to “dismantle and destroy” groups on the Left that are accused of promoting and organising political violence in Kirk’s name.

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