Gorka suggests Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes could be domestic terrorists
A Trump White House counterterrorism official floated labeling Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes as outside the conservative movement and possible domestic terror concerns, which is bad news for free speech and Trump critics on the right.
- Sebastian Gorka, now a senior counterterrorism official, said on a conservative show that Carlson and Fuentes may not be conservatives because they praised aspects of Muslim-ruled countries and criticized U.S. cities.
- This ties into Trump's new executive order NSPM-7, which targets ideologies like "anti-Americanism," raising fears that critics of the administration could be treated as extremists.
- Carlson's actual comments described Gulf countries as confident and welcoming compared to declining Western cities, not an endorsement of Sharia law.
- Trump's approval on inflation is the worst on record for any president, with a McDonald's medium fries now at $4, and Trump said people will "get over it."
- There is no legal definition of domestic terrorist in U.S. law, so the label is being used as political messaging rather than a legal category.
Outlook: Expect more pressure on right-wing voices who break with Trump on Israel, Iran, and spending, as the administration leans on the new counterterrorism order.