Trump Signs Counterterrorism Strategy Targeting 'Radically Pro-Transgender' Groups as Terrorist Threats

President Trump signed a new national counterterrorism strategy that explicitly targets 'violent secular political groups whose ideology is anti-American, radically pro-transgender, and anarchist' as terrorism threats alongside drug cartels and foreign terrorist organizations. The strategy falsely claims an 'incredible rise' in transgender shooters and cites the assassination of Charlie Kirk to justify this approach. White House counterterrorism director Sebastian Gorka stated all constitutional tools would be used to 'map and cripple' these groups, promising to identify and dismantle what the administration characterizes as terrorist networks. Critics note the strategy amplifies inflammatory misinformation about transgender people, who are statistically far more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators, and represents an attempt to criminalize transgender advocacy and activism through counterterrorism frameworks. Civil rights organizations immediately announced legal chal...

"Counterterrorism activities will prioritize the rapid identification of violent secular political groups whose ideology is anti-American, radically pro-transgender and anarchist." — From the official 2026 U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy document, establishing transgender advocacy as a formal counterterrorism priority alongside foreign terrorist organizations