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cliffside

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Thu Jul 16, 2026, 11:28 PM 16 hrs ago

Trump team seeks global help targeting left-wing 'political terrorists' [View all]

Source: USA Today

"The daylong gathering was meant to escalate the administration's campaign against a growing transnational 'far left' threat that many experts say doesn't exist.

WASHINGTON – White House Homeland Security Adviser Stephen Miller on July 16 warned foreign diplomats that they must help the United States crush left-wing “political terrorists that are operating in our country" because they pose an existential threat that, if unchecked, will ultimately “destroy” society.

"Here in the United States, we have taken the necessary and essential action formally recognizing left-wing violence as a form of political terrorism that is a direct threat to our national security and the survival of our republican form of government,” Miller said.

Miller, who is also President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff, delivered the politically charged remarks at the State Department’s inaugural “Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism” before an audience of invited foreign diplomats..."

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/16/miller-rubio-rally-foreign-diplomats-against-far-left-terror-threat/90949320007/



This might not get the attention it deserves because of the "important" address tonight.
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