By Bob Unruh

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President Donald Trump has issued a statement that he is designating Antifa, the coalition of leftists and left-oriented organizations that have done billions of dollars in damage to America through riots, protests, arson and murder in recent years, as a “MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.”

“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. 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!” he announced.

“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…” – President Donald J. Trump pic.twitter.com/irLHCkrX1n
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 18, 2025

The move comes only a week after Charlie Kirk, a titan of the conservative movement often targeted by Antifa and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was assassinated by an alleged left-winger radicalized by transgender ideologies.

Tyler Robinson, the suspect, is accused of engraving bullet casings with slogans like, “Hey fascist! Catch!” and more.

There already had been a proposal in Congress to impose that declaration, and leaders now have endorsed it.

Fox News reported House Freedom Caucus chair Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., and other Republican lawmakers expressed strong support for Trump’s plan.

They also supported the idea of investigating those who fund the protests and riots.

Antifa, which erupted across the United States at the time of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis several years ago, at the time was blamed for the billions of dollars in damages Antifa riots and violence cost American families, business and cities.

One leftist network, in fact, had a reporter stand in front of a city block engulfed in flames and describe the destruction as fiery but mostly peaceful.

Reports reveal an alleged Antifa cell tried to assassinate police officers in July.

And in Georgia, more than 60 individuals were accused in 2023 of domestic terrorism and material support charges “over Antifa and eco-terrorist violence,” according to a report in the Federalist.

At the time it apparently was, the report said, the “first known Antifa case where law enforcement successfully ‘followed the money,’ raiding the Atlanta Solidarity Fund and its fiscal sponsor, The Network for Strong Communities, over charity fraud allegations for their alleged role in backing violent protests.”

Online resources describe Antifa as a decentralized political movement.

While its supporters explain it is loosely structured and led by local activists, the movement has had massive amounts of cash with which to work, funding that definitely comes from major players.

Going forward, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security could make such local groups, leaders and even those funders a priority for their work against domestic terrorism.

Leftists were worried, with the discredited Southern Poverty Law Center claiming, “The designation would grant federal law enforcement broad powers, under the federal terrorism code, to surveil and investigate anyone labeled as Antifa.”

The comments came several years ago after Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana introduced a resolution seeking to label Antifa a domestic terrorist organization.

“It could also allow federal law enforcement to broadly target anyone involved in protests viewed unfavorably by the Trump administration, even retroactively,” the SPLC, an organization that routinely likens Christian organizations to KKK chapters, added.

WND had reported that the House of Representatives was at work on a parallel plan.

It is expediting legislation brought by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., to designate Antifa.

She proposed the legislation a few months ago, and it has been pending before the House Committee on the Judiciary since.

She said that’s changing.

“I just received word from the Speaker that he is fully supporting my bill to designate ANTIFA as a terrorist organization, and it will be placed in the State Department reauthorization bill that will be going through committee this week,” Luna said on social media.

BREAKING – ANNA PAULINA LUNA has The Speaker’s full support in designating ANTIFA as a TERRORIST organization. pic.twitter.com/JjdWU3v9i9
— TUPACABRA (@TUPACABRA2) September 16, 2025

BREAKING: Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna announces legislation to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization and impose capital punishment for its crimes:
“I have legislation that would currently ban Antifa or categories Antifa as a terrorist… pic.twitter.com/4MGesDkueg
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 11, 2025

The proposal cites multiple instances of violence from all across America allegedly committed or instigated by members of Antifa, situations that have left behind billions of dollars in damage and injured law enforcement officers.

“Over the summer of 2020, Antifa assisted in inflicting over $2,000,000,000 in damages against churches, Federal buildings, businesses, and other downtown structures across 20 States, resulting in the death of at least 30 individuals as well as 700 injured police officers,” the legislation charges.

“[In] March 2023, Antifa-affiliated rioters set fire to the future Atlanta police training facility by launching fireworks, Molotov cocktails, and other destructive items at police officers and into the facility’s construction site resulting in arrests of 23 extremists on charges of domestic terrorism.”