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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that took a step toward designating parts of the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terror organizations, which would impose broad travel and economic restrictions, resuming an effort he began during his first term.

The executive order took no immediate action against the targeted chapters, and the full scope of the order was unclear. Trump instead directed Cabinet officials to submit a report and then “take all appropriate action” against parts of the influential Islamist political movement, including against branches in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan.

The president’s executive order laid the groundwork for the terror designations by pointing to statements and actions taken by the gr

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