White House Anti-Terror Order Targets 'Anti-Capitalist' and 'Anti-American' Views. Here's What To Knowhttps://time.com/7322106/trump-nspm-7-domestic-terrorism/ 🔗Time Magazine - Solcyré Burga
Oct 2, 2025 6:17 AM MT
The Trump Administration is facing mounting criticism over a sweeping directive that expands the government's definition of domestic terrorism indicators to include a wide range of political beliefs, with lawmakers and civil liberties groups warning it could be used to criminalize dissent.
The order, which directs the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) to investigate "networks, entities, and organizations that foment political violence," identifies ideological markers such as anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism and anti-Christianity as potential red flags. Rights groups say that language is so broad it risks sweeping in protest movements, advocacy organizations, and critics of the administration.
The order, named NSPM-7, directs the JTTF and its offices to create a national strategy to "investigate, prosecute, and disrupt entities and individuals engaged in acts of political violence and intimidation" that suppress lawful political activity or obstruct the rule of law.
It highlights "common threads animating this violent conduct," which it says include "anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity; support for the overthrow of the United States Government; extremism on migration, race, and gender; and hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality."
But while many have claimed that there is a rise in violence from the left, research shows that right-wing extremists are behind more political violence.--------------------
