Sec. Rubio Vows To Dismantle Antifa And Far-Left Terror Cells 'Brick By Brick'
Secretary of State Marco Rubio host the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, an international conference on far-left violence, on Thursday and reiterated that his department will continue to go after anarchists across the globe.
While Antifa is well-known throughout the United States, it is also part of a larger movement that spans multiple Western countries.
These international far-left groups are responsible for 21 violent attacks in Europe in 2024, compared to 24 attacks from jihadists that same year. Of the 45 reported terrorist attacks in Europe in 2025, 12 were attributed to far-left and anarchists, according to the State Department.
“These are not distinct and isolated cells, they are interconnected networks. They do not recognize our borders. They do not believe in the nation-state itself,” Rubio told the assembled diplomats.
“Through intelligence and information sharing, through coordinated law enforcement strategy, through financial targeting and disruption, we will dismantle these networks brick by brick. It is time for the people of the civilized world to defend ourselves,” Rubio continued.
“Under President Trump, for the first time, the United States is building the infrastructure, the partnerships, and the strategy to defeat the scourge of far-left terror,” he added.
This part of Rubio’s speech is one of the most important things to consider about the Trump administration’s response to Antifa violence. I have seen Republicans and Trump supporters complain the government is not going fast enough to arrest far-left militants.
What is important to understand is the Trump administration has had to start their investigations into these decentralized units from scratch, not to mention resistance from within the various bureaucracies. Cases have to be built…