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Trump Orders Designation of Muslim Brotherhood Chapters as Foreign Terrorist Groups

The president said in an interview that he would classify the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.
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Trump Orders Designation of Muslim Brotherhood Chapters as Foreign Terrorist Groups
Jordanian demonstrators waving green Muslim Brotherhood flags and other banners shout anti-Israel slogans during a mass rally held outside the parliament building in Amman, Jordan, in this file photo. KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images
Jackson Richman
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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has ordered that chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood be designated as terrorist groups.

The president signed an executive order on Nov. 24 directing Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to start the process of classifying certain chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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