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The strategy focusing on left-wing groups reverses the Biden-era concentration on right-wing extremism.
Sebastian Gorka, Deputy Assistant to the President of the United States, outside the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. | Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg
“Violent left-wing extremists” and “extremist transgender ideology” are among the most concerning threats facing the country, according to the Trump administration counterterrorism strategy released Wednesday.
The strategy, the first released in President Donald Trump’s second term, underscores how Trump’s priorities differ from predecessors, listing “violent left-wing extremists” as one of its top three focuses, alongside “narcoterrorists” and “Islamist terrorists.”
