The United States took steps to designate certain chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations on Monday, with President Donald Trump signing an executive order directing several members of his administration to explore the matter. The order requires the secretaries of state and treasury, alongside the attorney general and director of national intelligence, to submit a report on Muslim Brotherhood chapters based in countries such as Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan. Designations must occur within 45 days after the report is submitted, pending the chapters meeting legal thresholds. President Trump’s executive order’s “ultimate aim is to eliminate the designated chapters’ capabilities and operations, deprive them of resources, and end any threat such chapters pose to U.S. nationals and the national security of the United States,” the White House said in a statement. The White House said the Lebanese branch of the Muslim Brotherhood assisted in launching multiple missile attacks against Israeli military and civilian targets in the aftermath of the October 7, 2023, terror attack. The Egyptian arm encouraged violent strikes against U.S. partners in the region on the same day, and the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood chapter have a lengthy history of providing material support for Hamas’s militant wing, the White House said. The U.S. response “will be done in the strongest and most powerful terms,” Trump said in an exclusive interview with Just The News over the weekend.
Trump Vows Unchecked Action Against Muslim Brotherhood as Terrorists
