President Donald Trump has announced that his administration is finalising plans to formally designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organisation, signalling one of the most forceful steps yet in his counter-extremism policy.
Speaking to Just the News on Sunday, Mr Trump said the process was already underway.
“Final documents are being drawn,” he stated, adding that the designation “will be done in the strongest and most powerful terms.”
The move comes days after Texas Governor Greg Abbott took similar action at the state level.
Last Tuesday, Mr Abbott signed a declaration labelling both the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as terrorist organisations.
The Texas declaration cited alleged links between the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas, as well as what it described as the jihadist ideology of the organisation’s founder.
It also claimed that the group’s objectives involve domination and repression of people of other faiths.
Mr Trump’s renewed push to classify the organisation as a terrorist group is expected to draw significant international attention, given the Muslim Brotherhood’s political presence in several Middle Eastern and North African countries.
The designation, if finalised, would allow Washington to impose sweeping sanctions, financial restrictions and travel bans on individuals and organisations associated with the group.
The announcement marks one of the clearest indications yet of the administration’s commitment to intensifying pressure on organisations it considers extremist.
