Sebastian Gorka, a deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism, may soon designateTucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, and other “anti-Trump right-wingers” as domestic terrorists, writesKen Klippenstein.
National Security Presidential Memorandum 7, abbreviated as NSPM-7, adirectivesigned by Trump, identifies “anti-Christian” and “anti-American” views as indicators of radical left violence. Carlson and Fuentes, however, are not from the left. They are viewed as right-wing. But not according to Gorka.
“I’m not sure that Nick Fuentes or Tucker Carlson are conservatives,” he toldAlex Marlow, a “Breitbart protégé.”
Carlson and Fuentes distanced themselves from Trump and criticized his illegal and undeclared war against Iran. For Trump, as a malignant narcissist, any criticism, especially by former MAGA stalwarts, is reason enough to designate people exercising the First Amendment as terrorists. “And let’s be real: none of this is actually about extremism,” writes Klippenstein.
It’s about the fact that Carlson, like Fuentes, recently broke with Trump—bitterly—over the Iran War. That’s the real offense. So now they’re being cast as extremist threats. But to avoid alarming conservatives, the administration can’t just say that—it has to first strip them of their conservative credentials, redefine them as something foreign-affiliated and dangerous, and then go after them.
It is folly to believe Trump’s “retribution” and “revenge”campaignis confined to a fictional Antifa organization and “right-wing extremist” podcasters. He specificallytargetedlaw firms and lawyers representing individuals or causes unpopular with the president. Furthermore, Trump demanded federal oversight of higher education curricula. He alsopursuedactivists, legal immigrants, tourists, and students with visas who voiced criticism of his policies or engaged in pro-Palestinian advocacy.
Trump routinely takes to his Truth Social to denounce and defame his critics. During the “No Kings” protests last October against his authoritarian rule, the president posted an AI video of himself, wearing a crown of jewels, flying a fighter jet, and dropping fecal matter on Americans exercising their First Amendment right. In September, he directed his then-attorney general, Pam Bondi, to prosecute his political enemies.
Stephen Miller,Trump’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, was instructed to crack down on liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda. The president ordered the National Joint Terrorism Task Force to concentrate on groups and individuals promoting “anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity” viewpoints. He also cut funding to so-called blue states.
“Trump is now moving aggressively to expand his authority under the banner of combating domestic terrorism. In September 2025, he issued two orders committing the government to using its domestic terrorism authority to criminalize and investigate groups adhering to a broad range of ideologies,” notes theBrennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.
In addition to turning the entire fearsome machinery of the federal law enforcement and homeland security apparatus on civil society organizations, loose affiliations of activists, and donors to progressive causes, this effort will have substantial consequences for people who are tarred as domestic terrorism suspects, regardless of any investigation’s ultimate outcome. They will be placed on federal watchlists and likely face invasive questioning and even searches every time they travel.
Source: Global Research
