The antifa terrorism threat the Trump administration describes does not exist

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during the political terrorism conference on July 16, 2026, in Washington. Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images The State Department on July 16, 2026, hosted what officials billed as a ministerial on the resurgence of left-wing political terrorism. Secretary of State Marco Rubio invited representatives from more than 60 countries to Washington to hear an argument that many of them appear not to believe: that a transnational far-left terrorist movement…