WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday signed an order designating a decentralized movement known as antifa as a domestic terrorist organization , though whether he can actually do that remained unclear. Trump blames antifa for political violence.

The Republican president said on social media last week during a state visit to the United Kingdom that he would be making such a designation. He called antifa a “SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER” and said he will be “strongly recommending” that its funders be investigated.

The White House released Trump's executive order shortly after he departed for New York, where he was addressing the annual meeting of the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday.

Here are a few things to know about Trump and antifa:

Short for “anti-fascists,” ant

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