U.S ANNOUNCES CRACKDOWN ON ‘TERRORIST’ LEFT-Trump to consider designating Antifa as a terror group

The White House is cracking down on Left-wing terrorist organisations following the killing of Charlie Kirk.

Donald Trump said he would consider designating Antifa as a terror group. Last week’s killing of Mr Kirk by a gunman accused of radicalised views has prompted many Republicans to warn of rising Left-wing extremism in the US.

It came after a rise in violence against officials across the political spectrum, including the shootings of two Minnesota Democratic politicians last year, as well as several attempts to assassinate Mr Trump.

Asked about designating Antifa, the Left-wing US group, as a terror organisation during a question-and-answer session with reporters in the Oval Office, Mr Trump said: “I would do that, 100 per cent. Antifa is terrible.”

Speaking on a memorial edition of The Charlie Kirk Show – hosted by JD Vance, the vice-president – Stephen Miller, Mr Trump’s deputy chief of staff, vowed to “disrupt, dismantle and destroy” Left-wing groups that organise political violence