US Shifts Counterterrorism Focus as Officials Target Antifa Linked Networks
Senior Trump officials say America's security strategy is entering a new era, with coordinated action against violent far left organisations becoming a central national security objective.
Trump administration reframes counterterrorism strategy around far left extremist networks
WASHINGTON - Senior officials in President Donald Trump’s administration have announced a broad shift in United States counterterrorism policy, arguing that organised far left extremist violence now represents a major international security threat requiring coordinated action by allied governments.
Speaking at an international counterterrorism conference hosted by the State Department, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller outlined what they described as a new strategy aimed at disrupting transnational networks associated with violent far left organisations.
Rubio said the administration was seeking to rebuild elements of the United States counterterrorism architecture to focus not only on Islamist extremist organisations but also on what he described as organised far left militant groups operating across national borde…
