President Donald Trump designated Antifa as a terrorist organization this week, and former Obama advisor David Axelrod is already whining.

The former chief strategist and senior advisor to President Barack Obama lamented the “concerning” move by Trump during Wednesday’s edition of CNN’s “AC360” following the Truth Social announcement.

Axelrod drummed up fears that Trump’s designation of the anti-fascist left-wing groups as a terror organization is cause for concern, warning that the president will then “go after” his political enemies.

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“I think we owe it to the president, we owe it to the people around him to take him seriously,” Axelrod said. “He’s been saying not just… since the Kirk assassination, but before it, that he was gonna go after, say, George Soros because he said he was funding agitators.”

Trump announced his decision in a post on Wednesday while he was abroad in the United Kingdom.

“I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that I am designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION,” Trump wrote. “I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

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— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 18, 2025

“This post should not be dismissed, because what it means is he will define – just as they will define the public interest – they will define what is Antifa,” Axelrod told host Anderson Cooper.

“And they will go after everyone and everything that they put under that umbrella, even though it isn’t an organization. It is a, in many ways, mythology. But it gives them a pretext to go after their political enemies,” he continued.

Then no problem labeling them as terrorists, since they don’t exist.

— MishaSki (@MishaSki30245) September 18, 2025

He warned that this would be “a major effort to try and defund any opposition in this country by doing it under this rubric of ‘Antifa’ and the radical left.”

“I think this is an inflection moment,” he added dramatically. “So, it’s quite concerning.”

Social media users on X weighed in on Axelrod’s fearmongering.

David Axlerod was just on Anderson Cooper saying it is “concerning” that Trump is labeling Antifa a terrorist organization.

Trump has cornered EVEN the Democrats’ smartest strategist into defending the most violent group in America.

An absolutely wild timeline!

— Jacob Huneycutt (@CovenantCutt) September 18, 2025

It’s breathtaking how blind the Democrat Party can be to its own radical elements.

— Lakota Patriot (@n8ivpatriot) September 18, 2025

How dare the government designate a terrorist organization as a terrorist organization!

— Paul Lynd (@allyallpaul) September 18, 2025

Maybe he needs to go visit college campuses to see antifa in action.

— wild child 2023 (@badge1161) September 18, 2025

They lie constantly. They know the truth, and they can’t admit, as their party just collapses.

— Nate Hall (@Thenatedog1982) September 18, 2025

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