Trump signs new counterterrorism strategy that focuses on hemispheric ...
- President Donald Trump signed a new national counterterrorism strategy on Tuesday prioritizing the elimination of drug cartels in the Western Hemisphere as the administration's highest priority.
- Sebastian Gorka, senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council, noted that cartels have killed more Americans than terrorists in global conflicts since World War II, justifying the strategic shift.
- Beyond cartels, the strategy targets "targeting and destruction" of top Islamist jihadi groups including al Qaeda and ISIS, while designating weapons of mass destruction as "the most dangerous terrorist threat."
- Domestically, officials will map ties to organizations like Antifa and use law enforcement tools to "cripple them operationally," while Trump's "burden shifting" approach expects foreign allies to strengthen their own defenses.
- Data from the Center for Strategic and International Studies found right-wing extremists carried out 152 attacks over the past decade, killing 112 people, compared with 13 deaths attributed to left-wing extremists.
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Trump signs new counterterrorism strategy that focuses on hemispheric threats
President Donald Trump has signed a new national counterterrorism strategy that focuses in part on the “neutralization” of hemispheric threats and incapacitating cartel operations, top White House adviser Sebastian Gorka said on Wednesday. The post Trump signs new counterterrorism strategy that focuses on hemispheric threats appeared first on West Hawaii Today.
Trump counterterrorism strategy targets ‘violent left-wing extremists’ with ‘transgender ideology’
“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 …
The Donald Trump administration identified "violent left-wing extremism" as a major security threat in its first counterterrorism strategy of its second term. Unlike the former Joe Biden administration, which focused on responding to right-wing extremism such as white supremacy, the Trump administration
In its new anti-terrorist strategy, the US government is raising allegations against Europe. The focus is on left-wing extremist groups – and "globalist ideals". Drug cartels on the American continent are also a topic.
NEWS HEADLINES: Trump admin. launches counterterrorism strategy targeting cartels, Islamist groups and domestic ‘violent left-wing extremists’
US Senior Director for Counterterrorism Sebastian Gorka walks outside the White House in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) OAN Staff Jenna Lee and Brooke Mallory8:01 PM – Wednesday, May 6, 2026 President Donald Trump has enacted a sweeping new National Counterterrorism Strategy that shifts the federal government’s security focus toward drug cartels, Islamist militant groups, and domestic “vio…
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