Trump’s domestic-terror memo turns a security issue into a political weapon
Trump issued a memorandum ordering agencies to build a strategy around alleged domestic terrorism and political violence, but the way it was framed made the move look less like sober policy and more like an open invitation to prosecute the president’s enemies. The problem is not that political violence is imaginary; it is that the White House keeps collapsing real security concerns into a partisan dragnet. That is the kind of move that can produce bureaucratic resistance, legal challenges, and fresh accusations that Trump is laundering vendettas through national-security language.
Trump issued a memorandum ordering agencies to build a strategy around alleged domestic terrorism and political violence, but the way it was framed made the move look less like sober policy and more like an open invitation to prosecute the president’s enemies. The problem is not that political violence is imaginary; it is that the White House keeps collapsing real security concerns into a partisan dragnet. That is t…
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