WATCH: Trump to Designate Muslim Brotherhood as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
President Donald Trump is moving ahead with one of the most important national-security decisions of his administration: formally designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization.
In an interview reported by Just the News, President Trump stated that “final documents are being drawn” and that the designation “will be done in the strongest and most powerful terms.”
While the White House has not yet publicly confirmed the timeline, the policy itself represents a long-overdue recognition of the organization’s global influence and its extensive connections to extremist activity.
For decades, the Muslim Brotherhood has positioned itself as a political or social movement.
That framing has allowed it to expand operations across multiple regions through nonprofit fronts, student organizations, and political parties.
However, the Brotherhood’s leadership has consistently aligned itself with groups that promote or carry out violence. Hamas is a direct offshoot of the Brotherhood.
Senior Brotherhood “clerics” have openly endorsed suicide bombings, attacks on civilians, and the destruction of democratic institutions in the Middle East.
In Egypt, Brotherhood leaders supported violent uprisings after the removal of President Mohamed Morsi. The organization’s messaging, fundraising strategies, and long-term planning have all helped shape the ideological foundation of modern Islamist extremism.
A formal terrorist designation would accomplish several policy goals that previous administrations avoided, even as evidence continued to grow.
The designation would provide the U.S. government with strong legal tools to disrupt the Brotherhood’s financial networks.
Treasury officials could freeze assets, block transfers, and impose sanctions on individuals and entities that serve as intermediaries for the organization. That is essential because much of the Brotherhood’s influence depends on international fundraising disguised as humanitarian activity.
It would also provide the designation would strengthen coordination with U.S. allies that have already taken action. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates have banned the Muslim Brotherhood and restricted its political reach after years of instability linked directly to Brotherhood-aligned factions.
Aligning U.S. policy with countries that face this threat on a daily basis improves intelligence sharing and reduces the space that extremist networks rely on.
Finally, the designation would increase transparency inside the United States. Several Brotherhood-linked groups have operated domestically for years, shaping policy debates and advocacy work without full disclosure about their international affiliations.
The policy would require public accountability and prevent foreign influence from shaping American political discussions under the guise of civic engagement.
President Trump’s decision reflects a willingness to treat national security as a matter of clear evidence rather than political pressure.
Recognizing the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization is not only justified; it strengthens U.S. interests, supports allies, and reduces the reach of extremist ideology worldwide.
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