(The Center Square) – Journalists from the Pacific Northwest took part in President Donald Trump’s Wednesday roundtable discussion on Antifa that included top cabinet officials and other independent members of the media.
Trump said his administration would designate Antifa as a foreign terror organization . Last month, the president designated the organization as a domestic terror group .
Antifa, short for anti-fascist, is a loosely organized leftist movement that claims to be against nationalism, far-right ideologies, white supremacy, authoritarianism, racism, homophobia and xenophobia.
“It should be clear to all Americans that we have a very serious left-wing terror threat in our country,” the president said. “Radicals, associated with the domestic terror group Antifa and othe