Overview

• The president announced on Truth Social that he is labeling Antifa a "major terrorist organization" and urged investigations into those who fund it.
• Republican allies including Rep. Andy Harris and Sens. Rick Scott and Mike Lee publicly praised the move and echoed calls to probe financial backers.
• Antifa is a decentralized movement, not a hierarchical group, and as a domestic entity it is ineligible for the State Department’s foreign terrorist organization list.
• Former FBI Director Christopher Wray has described Antifa as an ideology rather than an organization, underscoring constitutional and practical hurdles.
• Analysts floated workarounds such as targeting funding networks, RICO cases, or tying U.S. actors to foreign affiliates, while critics warned of free‑speech risks and Canada signaled it would rely on its own evidence‑based listing process.