Trump's 'Terrorist List' Skips the Real State-Sponsored Violence
The Intercept reveals Trump's team is compiling a secret roster of 24 'Designated Terrorist Organizations' for his potential second term, featuring groups like Venezuela's colectivos and Mexican cartels. This selective focus is par for the course, ensuring that only enemies of the American empire are branded 'terrorists.' It conveniently sidesteps the terror inflicted by nations the US arms and
funds, like Israel, whose government continues to kill tens of thousands of civilians in Gaza. Where's the 'Designated Terrorist Organization' status for, say, the Israeli military, whose actions in Gaza Human Rights Watch documented as collective punishment ? One might wonder if this list will feature Iran's Revolutionary Guard (already designated), while avoiding any mention of the funding
streams from American taxpayers that enable documented atrocities by US allies. It's a classic rhetorical shell game: point to 'chaos agents' abroad to distract from the state-sanctioned violence supported by Washington. Trump’s list is less about actual terror and more about consolidating power and justifying future interventions, dressed up as national security.