Donald Trump's National Security Presidential Memorandum-7, better known as NSPM-7, has become a flashpoint after critics said it gives federal agencies a broad new framework to scrutinise left-wing organisations, including groups associated with 'anti-capitalism' and anti-fascist politics.
The memo, signed in September 2025, is being described by opponents as an attempt to fold protest, association and ideology into the language of domestic terror, although the White House has framed it as a counter-terrorism measure aimed at political violence.
