US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to begin the process of designating certain chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) as Foreign Terrorist Organizations or FTOs.
"This order sets in motion a process by which certain chapters or other subdivisions of the Muslim Brotherhood shall be considered for designation as Foreign Terrorist Organizations," the order said, making specific mention of chapters in Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan.
Those chapters "engage in or facilitate and support violence and destabilization campaigns that harm their own regions, United States citizens, and United States interests," the order said.
Trump telegraphed over the weekend that he planned to move forward with plans to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as an FTO.
“It will be done in the strongest and most powerful terms,” Trump told the Just the News website. “Final documents are being drawn.”
