Trump signals major move against terrorist org accused of infiltrating US

President Donald Trump announced plans to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization after several groups increased warnings in recent months that the Islamist group is gaining a foothold in the United States.

“It will be done in the strongest and most powerful terms,” Trump said. just tell the news during the weekend. “The final documents are being developed.”

Trump’s comment comes shortly after Texas declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization and just days after the Institute for the Study of Anti-Semitism and Global Politics (ISGAP), a major global research center, published a comprehensive 200-page study warning about the growing influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in the United States

The Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist organization founded in Egypt, gained access to government agencies, helped advise U.S. civil rights policy, infiltrated educational institutions, and created a vast social media footprint, the report said, while highlighting the belief that the group allegedly targeted U.S. government agencies for infiltration, including the State Department, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice, through career appointments and advisory roles.

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President Donald Trump signs a letter at the White House. (Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“We welcome President Trump’s statements and the growing recognition that the Muslim Brotherhood, its ideology, and its network pose a serious challenge to the United States and democratic societies,” Charles Asher Small, executive director of ISGAP, said in a press release after Trump’s interview with Just the News.

“A formal designation by the United States would represent an important first step in confronting the Muslim Brotherhood in the United States. It will require sustained, evidence-based policy, a thorough review of its affiliated structures and funding streams, and a long-term investment in democratic resilience.”

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Supporters of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood take part in a demonstration in the village of Sweimeh, near the Jordanian border. (Khalil Mazraawi/AFP via Getty Images)

The ISGAP report delves deeper into alleged terrorist ties within the group as well as various funding sources from countries like Qatar, while demonstrating that al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood “share the strategic objective” of establishing an Islamic state government through Sharia law and differ only in tactics where the Brotherhood’s “progressiveness” allows it to maintain ideological continuity with militant jihad while avoiding direct confrontation.

In addition to declaring the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, ISGAP says it has worked to bring together scholars and experts on the subject in an effort to press Congress to act on the details of the report.

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ISGAP calls on the United States to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. (J. David Ake/Getty Images; Mauhmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images)

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment but did not receive a response at the time of publication.

“The Muslim Brotherhood is the originator of every modern jihadist terrorist group, from Al Qaeda to Hamas,” said Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism. posted on during the weekend. “The time has come.”