Trump admin counter-terrorism strategy targets 'radically pro-transgender' ideology and left-wing activists as security threats

The Trump administration released its 2026 Counterterrorism Strategy, identifying 'violent left-wing extremists, including anarchists and anti-fascists' and groups with 'radically pro-transgender' ideology as priorities for 'rapid identification and neutralization.' The official White House document, announced by Deputy National Security Advisor Sebastian Gorka, states it will use 'all constitutional tools to map and cripple such groups.' Critics, including ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero who called it 'an alarming escalation that criminalizes political dissent,' and GLAAD President Sarah Kate Ellis who stated it 'stigmatizes transgender people as threats to national security,' condemned the strategy. The Human Rights Campaign called the document 'largely slop' and 'utterly unhinged.' The strategy notably omits focus on far-right or white supremacist extremism, marking a significant departure from the Biden administration's approach which prioritized right-wing threats. Congr...

"National counterterrorism activities will prioritize the rapid identification and neutralization of violent secular political groups whose ideology is anti-American, radically pro-transgender, and anarchist." — From the official 2026 U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy document published by the White House