Trump’s Antifa Terror

Donald Trump
This isn’t the first time Trump has tried to go after antifa—though it may be the most consequential. In September, following Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Trump issued an executive order labeling antifa a “domestic terrorist organization.” Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images
Julia Ioffe
March 31, 2026

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Since 9/11, the U.S. intelligence community has relied on the National Intelligence Priorities Framework to determine where its constituent agencies focus their attention and resources. The classified document tells the C.I.A. which organizations to infiltrate, the N.S.A. which signals intelligence to intercept, and the National Reconnaissance Office where to point its spy satellites. It’s historically included targets like Al Qaeda, ISIS, and the Taliban. But in recent months, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the conversations, the Trump administration has been working to add a new top counterterrorism priority to the NIPF: antifa.