U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to persuade Americans that the anti-fascist movement dubbed Antifa poses as grave a threat to the country as designated terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah.

Trump, his top law enforcement officials, and a handful of conservative journalists spent more than an hour at a White House event on Wednesday depicting Antifa as ultra-violent, deep-pocketed and bent on destroying U.S. democracy.

It’s being seen as yet another example of the administration trying to build a case for sending troops into Democratic-run cities such as Chicago and Portland, Ore., that Trump repeatedly depicts as lawless war zones.

During the televised roundtable, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem compared Antifa to Venezuelan crime gangs and Middle Eastern militant g

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