On Monday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that President Trump will sign an Executive Order banning ANTIFA.

ANTIFA is a catch word. ANTIFA does not exist. ANTIFA is not an organization. It is not an entity. That isn’t stopping Trump from going after “it.”

It reminded me of Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes – the only novel I ever read in Spanish. Don Quixote famously mistook windmills for giants and attempted to fight them.

President Trump has mistaken ANTIFA for an organization that he can attack. He will probably try to take away ANTIFA’s license to broadcast. That’s his new favorite weapon. He will probably tell Attorney General Pam Bondi to arrest the ANTIFA CEO and Board of Directors so he can replace them with his rich friends.

Is anyone in Trump’s circle brave enough to tell him ANTIFA does not exist?

Here we are. We have a United States President going after entities that don’t exist. We have a U.S. President punching windmills.

Too bad there isn’t a Sancho Panza in Trump’s Cabinet or circle of advisors to offer common sense and wit.

All sarcasm aside… This is a serious matter.

“Antifa” means “anti-Fascist.”

Trump did sign the Executive Order on Monday. The fact that Antifa is not an entity did not deter Trump from labeling it as one. The title of his Executive Order is “Designating Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist Organization.”

Here it is, as it was published on https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/designating-antifa-as-a-domestic-terrorist-organization/.

“Section 1.  Antifa as a Terrorist Threat.  Antifa is a militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States Government, law enforcement authorities, and our system of law.  It uses illegal means to organize and execute a campaign of violence and terrorism nationwide to accomplish these goals.  This campaign involves coordinated efforts to obstruct enforcement of Federal laws through armed standoffs with law enforcement, organized riots, violent assaults on Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement officers, and routine doxing of and other threats against political figures and activists.  Antifa recruits, trains, and radicalizes young Americans to engage in this violence and suppression of political activity, then employs elaborate means and mechanisms to shield the identities of its operatives, conceal its funding sources and operations in an effort to frustrate law enforcement, and recruit additional members.  Individuals associated with and acting on behalf of Antifa further coordinate with other organizations and entities for the purpose of spreading, fomenting, and advancing political violence and suppressing lawful political speech.  This organized effort designed to achieve policy objectives by coercion and intimidation is domestic terrorism.

“Sec. 2.  Designation as a Domestic Terrorist Organization.  Because of the aforementioned pattern of political violence designed to suppress lawful political activity and obstruct the rule of law, I hereby designate Antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization.”  All relevant executive departments and agencies shall utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa or any person claiming to act on behalf of Antifa, or for which Antifa or any person claiming to act on behalf of Antifa provided material support, including necessary investigatory and prosecutorial actions against those who fund such operations. 

“Sec. 3.  General Provisions.  (a)  This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law.  This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

(b)  This order shall be published in the Federal Register.

                               DONALD J. TRUMP

THE WHITE HOUSE,

    September 22, 2025.”

What this seems to say: Trump is directing any and all federal government agencies to go after anyone who participates in or contributes to any organization that is anti-Fascist. Am I wrong?

It leaves me to conclude: Trump is targeting any organization or individual that is anti-Trump. Am I wrong?

If that’s not the purpose of this Executive Order, I don’t know what is.

Once again, Antifa is not an organization. Antifa is not an entity. Antifa is a word created to mean “anti-Fascism.”

Antifa is all of us who are anti-Fascist.

Trump’s speech at the United Nations

There is much I could say about Trump’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, but where would I start?

If you missed the speech live (as I did), you can find it online. It’s on YouTube and other places, I’m sure.

It was just another one of his braggadocious lists of how great he is and what he has accomplished all by himself. He lectured the UN member countries about how slack they are, how they have not only not helped him end wars but they have created many of the world’s problems.

He criticized the 21^st century renovation of the United Nations Headquarters and the materials used. He bragged that he bid on the job and would have built it better and grander. He would have “given you” marble floors.” He never forgets or forgives a slight. The fact that his company was not selected to renovate the UN Headquarters is at the root of his hatred from the UN. Make no mistake. He took the awarding of that construction contract in the early 2000s as a personal affront, and he will never put on his big boy pants and get over it. He holds grudges.

He bragged about how rich the United States is. He bragged about how we have the biggest, best, most powerful, and greatest weapons of war the world has ever seen.

He claimed grocery prices are going down. Just ask any middle- or low-income person in America about that. They will not say grocery prices are going down.

He said that climate change is the biggest con the world has ever seen. He had to punch at windmills. He couldn’t help himself.

He spoke for an hour, and the items I have mentioned are just the tip of the iceberg.

He cannot open his mouth without bragging about himself and berating someone else. It is who he is. It is unfortunate that he has access to the world stage.

Janet