"Predictably, though still confusingly, President Trump has declared Antifa as a "major terrorist organization," even though it isn't an organization, it's an umbrella term for a decentralized anti-fascist movement, and there have been few if any people who would publicly profess to belonging to it. We haven't heard too much about Antifa since Trump's first term, and the street-fighting between MAGA idiots and black-clad hordes has thankfully not been so common around the Bay so far in his second term as it was in 2017."
"And so, of course, Trump has latched on and went on Truth Social from the toilet last night to declare Antifa a "SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER," and "A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION." Trump also said that he would be recommending that "those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated," even though this is also a fantasy, and no one really "funds" the activities of decentralized groups and individuals who show up as counter-protesters when MAGA idiots think they need to mobilize."
President Trump declared Antifa a "major terrorist organization" again, using Truth Social and echoing a 2020 proclamation. Antifa functions as a decentralized umbrella term for anti-fascist activists rather than a structured organization, and few people publicly identify as members. Street clashes between pro-Trump demonstrators and black-clad counter-protesters have been far less common in the Bay Area during Trump's second term compared with 2017. Right-leaning media continue to portray a persistent threat from a "radical left" force. Claims that organized funding sustains Antifa activities are largely unfounded given the spontaneous, decentralized nature of participation.
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