WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump brought journalists assaulted by the newly designated terrorist group Antifa together with Cabinet officials for a roundtable discussion at the White House on Oct. 8.
Antifa is a far-left extremist group with origins in the Soviet Union that functioned as a violent wing of the Communist Party in Germany. The organization is known for political violence against its opponents, whom it routinely labels as fascists.
Trump designated the group a domestic terrorist organization in an executive order signed on Sept. 22.
One reporter who was attacked by members of Antifa in 2019 and again in 2021 recalled the moment when they assaulted him in Portland, Oregon, while rioting…., 2025-10-08 21:24:00, , US Politics, %%, https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/us-politics/feed?, Travis Gillmore