Trump signs memo targeting ‘domestic terrorism’ amid fears of crackdown on the left
by Robert Tait and Aram Roston in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#70AE9)
US president criticizes anarchists and agitators' as he unveils memo expected to meet fierce legal pushback
Donald Trump issued a presidential memorandum on Thursday aimed at reining in what he has called a radical leftwing domestic terror network" but which seemed likely to meet fierce legal pushback from critics depicting it as a licence for a broad crackdown on his political opponents.
Prompted by journalists, Trump suggested that George Soros, the billionaire Hungarian-born philanthropist who funds the Open Society Foundations, could be in his sights. He also identified Reid Hoffman, a billionaire venture capitalist, adding: I hear about him. Maybe it could be him. It could be a lot of people."
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