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Trump adviser calls leftwing extremism a “fatal cancer”
Filed: Jul 16, 2026 at 7:06 PM ET
Summary: A Trump adviser says leftwing extremism is a “fatal cancer to civilisation,” citing it as an international counterterrorism blind spot.
WHO: Trump adviser
WHAT: Said leftwing extremism is a “fatal cancer to civilisation” and highlighted it as an international counterterrorism blind spot.
WHEN: Jul 16, 2026 at 2:25 PM ET
WHERE: USA
WHY: The adviser was reacting to the State Department’s view that violence from the left is an international counterterrorism blind spot.
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