Overview

• Posting on Truth Social, the president said he will designate Antifa a "major terrorist organization" and urged investigations into its funders.
• House Freedom Caucus members Andy Harris, Andy Biggs and Eli Crane, along with Senators Rick Scott and Mike Lee, publicly praised the move.
• The White House has not provided details on how such a listing would be implemented or what legal authorities would be used.
• Analysts point out the U.S. lacks a mechanism to list domestic entities, Antifa functions as a diffuse movement per prior FBI testimony, and the existing State Department list applies only to foreign groups used for material-support prosecutions.
• Civil liberties critics warn the step could chill lawful protest, with some Democrats arguing the announcement follows political violence including the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.