Trump Just Branded Antifa a Terrorist Organization: Is This the End of “Just an Idea”?
Written by Peter Boykin on September 23, 2025
Trump Just Branded Antifa a Terrorist Organization:
Is This the End of “Just an Idea”?
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American Political Commentator / Citizen Journalist / Activist / Constitutionalist for Liberty
Trump Just Branded Antifa a Terrorist Organization:
Is This the End of “Just an Idea”?
Antifa: From European Streets to American Battlefields: A Turning Point in Our Political Landscape
Imagine standing at a rally where you’ve come to peacefully show support for your cause. You expect chants, speeches, maybe even debates. Instead, you find yourself staring across the street at masked figures dressed in black, waving red and black flags. The tension is palpable, the air electric, and you realize quickly this isn’t about free speech, it’s about control of the streets. That is the reality many Americans have witnessed when Antifa appears.
You’ve heard the stories. Some of you may have been there at the infamous “Battle for Berkeley,” or seen similar confrontations in Portland, D.C., or other cities. Protest turned into combat. Police stuck in the middle. Proud Boys on one side, Antifa on the other. And you’re left asking: is this still protest, or has it become something much darker?
This is part of a story that begins many decades ago, crosses the Atlantic, and has finally come back to reshape America’s streets, politics, and law. Today, with President Trump’s executive order formally designating Antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization,” that story has entered a new chapter. The stakes just got higher for us all.
The Origins of Antifa
Antifa is not a uniquely American invention. Its roots stretch back to Europe in the 1930s, where militant communists and anarchists fought against fascist movements in the streets of Germany and Italy. The black bloc style of dress, the flags with twin red and black, and the practice of organized street violence all echo back to that era. These tactics were imported to the United States decades later, spreading through punk subcultures and anarchist collectives before exploding onto the national stage in the 2010s.
The term itself comes from Antifaschistische Aktion, a German organization founded in 1932 to oppose fascism with direct, often violent tactics. After World War II, fascism waned but never fully disappeared, and militant anti-fascist groups reemerged wherever nationalist movements gained traction.
By the 1980s, Antifa’s lineage surfaced in America through Anti-Racist Action (ARA), which targeted neo-Nazis and white supremacists. These networks were decentralized, no single leader, no headquarters, but their tactics were consistent: confrontation, exposure, disruption. Groups like the “Baldies” in Minneapolis and Rose City Antifa in Portland carried this banner into the modern era.
The Anti-Defamation League itself admits that Antifa is made up of groups, networks, and individuals who coordinate both online and on the ground. That is the very definition of organization. When those networks plan rallies, obtain permits, and then commit vandalism, arson, and assaults, that crosses from free speech into domestic violent extremism. Whether centralized or decentralized doesn’t matter legally. Al-Qaeda, for example, was built on a loose, cell-based model and still met the standard of a terrorist organization. If we’re consistent, Antifa’s structure and history of coordinated violence mean it should be treated as more than just “an idea.”
Antifa: From European Roots to Domestic Terrorist Label, Is “Just an Idea” Enough?
Some argue Antifa is nothing more than a loose idea. But the record shows otherwise. The very symbols, tactics, and confrontational strategies imported from Europe have been institutionalized in American political life. Black bloc tactics, organized counter-permits, and coordinated attacks on events aren’t the work of random individuals, they reveal a network.
The “just an idea” defense fails the common-sense test. Ideas don’t burn down businesses, throw bricks, or hurl explosives at police. People do. And when those people are networked, organized, and emboldened by an ideological banner, they stop being abstract activists and start being domestic extremists.
This is why Trump’s executive order resonates with so many Americans. Whether Antifa is decentralized doesn’t erase the reality of coordination and repeated violence. History teaches us that decentralization is no shield from responsibility, and our laws should reflect that truth.
The March for Trump vs Antifa
I witnessed Antifa up close. I ran the “March for Trump” in Washington, D.C., where we encountered counter-protesters who were openly aligned with Antifa. Police officers even told me that Antifa-affiliated groups had filed for counter permits under the guise of holding a “soccer match” near our march. Their goal wasn’t a friendly game, it was disruption.
And on the West Coast, at the so-called “Battle for Berkeley” in California, a March for Trump event I helped coordinate remotely, Antifa clashed violently with the Proud Boys and other right-leaning groups. It wasn’t peaceful protest, it was chaos. Bricks, smoke bombs, fists. That day showed the entire country that Antifa was not simply “anti-fascist protesters,” but a movement defined by confrontation.
Proud Boys vs. Antifa: A Street-Level Cold War
The Proud Boys, themselves controversial, became a foil to Antifa. Where Antifa waved black flags and declared themselves the defenders against fascism, the Proud Boys answered with red, white, and blue, calling themselves protectors of Western values. Both groups began to symbolize a broader culture war.
The streets of Portland, Washington D.C., and Berkeley turned into battlegrounds. Each confrontation added fuel to the fire of polarization. Ordinary Americans caught in the middle were left bruised, arrested, and disillusioned.
Trump’s Executive Order: A Line in the Sand
On September 22, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring Antifa a “domestic terrorist organization.” [Politico]
The order directed federal agencies to
“Investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations, especially those involving terrorist actions, conducted by Antifa or any person claiming to act on behalf of Antifa.”
Trump cited a
“Pattern of political violence designed to suppress lawful political activity and obstruct the rule of law.”
For years, critics of Antifa said exactly this: that its goal wasn’t dialogue, but intimidation.
Supporters counter that Antifa is not an organization but an idea. But again, history shows otherwise. Al-Qaeda was a loose, cell-based movement with no central office, yet it was still designated a terrorist organization. Coordination, violence, and disruption, not centralization, are the legal standard.
Critics of Trump’s move warn that Antifa’s decentralization makes legal designation murky and potentially dangerous. Constitutional scholars point to the risk of criminalizing association and dissent. [AP News]
Why This Moment Matters
This is bigger than labels. When the government calls a group a “domestic terrorist organization,” the ripple effects are enormous. Surveillance expands. Arrests escalate. Courts weigh ideology as evidence. And suddenly, the boundary between dissent and extremism becomes blurred.
For citizens who value free speech, this should matter. If Antifa can be dismissed as “just an idea,” then violence hides behind rhetoric. If Antifa can be treated as a terrorist movement, then political dissent risks becoming criminalized by association. Both extremes are dangerous.
And you, the reader, are in the middle of this struggle. You live in communities where protests can turn violent overnight. You rely on police who may be ordered to stand down or pressed to intervene. You vote for leaders who set the rules of engagement. The outcome of this debate isn’t theoretical, it shapes the safety of your streets, the power of your voice, and the limits of your liberty.
Is Antifa an “Idea” or a Domestic Terrorist Movement?
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Here’s the truth: ideas don’t smash windows. Ideas don’t throw bricks at cops. People do. And when networks of people coordinate under a banner, whether left-wing or right-wing, and they cross into violence, that is not protected speech. That is domestic extremism.
If you’ve watched Antifa march through your city, or seen footage from Portland, Seattle, Berkeley, or D.C., you know this isn’t abstract. It is fear, intimidation, and violence wrapped in a black mask. And yet, the same politicians who demand accountability from one side of the political spectrum excuse it on the other. That double standard is poison to our Republic.
We cannot let violence masquerade as justice. We cannot let slogans excuse arson. And we cannot let “just an idea” blind us to organized networks that terrorize communities.
But we also cannot surrender our freedoms to fear. To hold Antifa accountable, we must insist the same rules apply across the board. If the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, or any other group crosses the line, prosecute them. If Antifa crosses the line, prosecute them. Equal justice under the law, not selective justice, is what keeps our Constitutional Republic intact.
So here’s the question you must ask yourself: do you want a nation where every ideology that slips into violence is excused if it’s “your side”? Or do you want a nation where the law is applied evenly, protecting your rights regardless of which banner you march under?
The choice is ours, and it cannot be delayed. Because the streets are already burning, and the longer we refuse to face this truth, the hotter those flames will grow.
Now, let’s cut through the noise. You’ve heard the excuse a thousand times: “Antifa is just an idea.” But let me ask you this, since when do ideas smash windows? Since when do ideas torch police cars? Since when do ideas hurl bricks into crowds or blind officers with lasers?
That’s not an idea. That’s action. That’s coordination. That’s violence.
And when groups of people, under a banner, organize online, file permits to position themselves at rallies, and march together in black bloc uniforms, that isn’t spontaneous protest. That’s a network, and networks with violent intent have a name in the law: domestic extremism.
Here’s the hypocrisy: If someone waving a MAGA hat so much as jaywalks, the media says “domestic terrorist.” If someone marches under Antifa’s flags, smashes businesses, or burns neighborhoods, they shrug and say, “it’s just an idea.” One standard for the right, no standard for the left. That double standard is eating away at the heart of our Republic.
The Constitution gives us the right to speak, the right to protest, the right to petition our government. But it does not give anyone the right to assault others, to burn cities, to terrorize communities in the name of ideology. That is not protest, that is mob rule.
And mob rule is exactly what our Founders warned against. A Republic is fragile. It only survives when the law is applied equally. When the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, or anyone else on the right crosses the line, they are prosecuted, they are locked up, they are made an example of. So why is Antifa treated as a rumor instead of an organized threat? Why do politicians say with a straight face, “it’s just an idea,” while Americans are picking glass out of their shoes and watching their cities burn?
Here’s the uncomfortable truth: if Antifa is “just an idea,” then it’s the first idea in history that throws Molotov cocktails and coordinates ambushes. That should tell you something. It’s not just an idea. It’s a movement. It’s a network. And it has turned America’s streets into battlegrounds.
President Trump’s executive order didn’t create this reality, it simply acknowledged it. By labeling Antifa what it is, domestic terrorism, he put into writing what so many of us have lived through, what so many of us have seen with our own eyes.
Now here’s the warning: we cannot stop at rhetoric. Equal justice under the law means equal justice across the board. If Antifa crosses the line into violence, treat them the same way you would treat any extremist. No excuses. No double standards. No political cover. And if groups on the right cross that line, hold them accountable too. That is what it means to live in a Constitutional Republic.
Because if we keep pretending Antifa is intangible, if we keep calling it “just an idea,” then every brick through a window, every smoke bomb in the street, every assault at a rally is being excused as thought instead of action. That’s a lie, and lies kill freedom.
So the question isn’t just whether Antifa is real. The question is whether we, as Americans, are willing to confront political violence no matter where it comes from. Do we want a nation where law applies only to the side we don’t like? Or do we want a nation where law protects us all equally, no matter which banner we march under?
That’s the line in the sand. That’s the decision in front of us. Because the longer we allow “just an idea” to shield organized violence, the closer we drift to losing our liberty.
America doesn’t survive selective justice. America survives when the truth is spoken, when the law is enforced fairly, and when citizens like you demand accountability.
And let me be clear, accountability is not hate. Equal justice is not oppression. Standing up for your rights is not extremism. It is the very heartbeat of our Republic.
So don’t buy the lie. Don’t let them call violence “an idea.” Don’t let them excuse destruction as protest. Call it what it is. Confront it for what it is. And never forget: the survival of our Republic depends not on slogans, but on courage, clarity, and the will of the people to demand the truth.
This is Peter Boykin, and this is the fight to Go Right.
Sources & Context
- [Encyclopedia Britannica: Antifa]
- [Wikipedia: Antifa (United States)]
- [CTC at West Point: The Violent Evolution of the Proud Boys]
- [Politico: Trump issues antifa terrorist designation]
- [AP News: What to know about Trump’s antifa order]
- [Reuters: Why Trump is targeting Antifa]
- [CSIS: Examining Extremism — Antifa]
- [ADL Glossary on Antifa]
Tracing Antifa’s history from European street battles to Berkeley riots, their clashes with Proud Boys, and Trump’s executive order declaring them a domestic terrorist organization, #GoRight with Peter Boykin breaks down the fight over whether Antifa is “just an idea” or something far more dangerous.
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