The Constitution was authored by those with a new country's interests deeply at heart, to protect Americans.
Today, it's frequently misused and abused as a "shield" for hatred and thus must be revisited.
When President Trump announced his decision to recognize Antifa as a terrorist organization, critics dismissed it as political theater.
Those critics are wrong.
As such, this may prove to be a historic turning point.
For too long, movements hiding behind the banner of "activism" have injected venom into American society — doctrines of hate and division corroding freedom from within.
Antifa, with its masked militants and creed of chaos, mirrors radical movements globally.
Whether in black uniforms on American streets or in the robes of Islamist radicals, the pattern is the same: indoctrination, not poverty, breeds terrorism.
A terrorist is not born of misery but of poison poured into his mind.
The greatest struggle of our time isn't military — it's ideological.
Antifa, like the Muslim Brotherhood and its countless offshoots, thrives by capturing the disillusioned and weaponizing resentment.
Through media, schools, and networks, they glorify violence and romanticize hatred as "justice." The West has been timid for too long — almost apologetically so — in the face of this ideological onslaught.
It's not enough to dismantle violent networks on the streets.
We must dismantle their narrative and strip their doctrine of its false glamour.
Law exists to protect society from organized violence.
Terrorism must be punished mercilessly.
And coherence matters: if groups that preach hatred abroad are confronted as terrorists, then domestic groups like Antifa must be treated the same.
To excuse their violence as "protest" is hypocrisy.
President Trump's determination to confront Antifa head-on affirms that the rule of law cannot bend to ideology.
Whatever the legal difficulties, America must give itself the tools to banish the hatred leading to violence.
What worries me most is not only Antifa's violence, but the defeatist spirit paralyzing much of the American establishment.
Officials claim to oppose hatred, yet hide behind a bizarre logic, "We can't do anything because the First Amendment gives supremacy to free expression."
This is mind-boggling.
The Constitution is not an alien text imposed from the heavens.
It was written to protect Americans. If today it is misused as a shield for hatred, then it must be revisited.
- Freedom is not a license for violence.
- Free speech does not mean the freedom to indoctrinate the young, call for riots, or undermine the Republic.
To hide behind constitutional technicalities while America bleeds is not fidelity to the Founders — it's betrayal of their vision.
The Constitution exists to defend the American people, not those who seek their destruction. Law must serve life, not the other way around.
Yet even after arrests are made, a deeper war remains: the war against ideologies of hatred.
This is not solely America’s problem — it's global.
From Salafi-Jihadism to radical extremism, doctrines of violence must be exposed, dismantled, and discredited.
This demands courage from all societies.
In the Arab-Muslim world, education too often sanctifies violence in the name of faith.
That knot must be cut.
In the West, we must stop retreating into relativism and instead confront radicalism with clarity and strength.
Terrorism respects no borders.
Whether Antifa's anarchism, the Muslim Brotherhood's Islamism, or Hamas' nihilism, the essence is the same: hatred justifying violence.
Civilization can't afford to play favorites in this fight.
If President Trump succeeds in branding Antifa for what it is — a terrorist movement —then he will stand in history as the unique American president who dared to confront radicalism frontally, not only with the sword of law but with the courage to name the enemy.
President Trump's recognition of Antifa as a terrorist organization is more than a political gesture. It is a statement of principle: America will not tolerate ideologies of hatred, foreign or domestic.
If he succeeds, Trump will be remembered not just as a president, but as the man who turned the tide against radical extremism — that is, an American leader who dared to confront, dismantle, and destroy the poisonous doctrines threatening civilization itself.
Ahmed Charai is publisher of the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune, TV Abraham, and Radio Abraham. He serves on the boards of several prominent institutions, including the Atlantic Council, the Center for the National Interest, and the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He is also an international councilor and a member of the Advisory Board at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.