Staff Reports
President Trump has rolled out a new Trump counter-terrorism strategy that promises a return to what the administration calls “common sense” and “Peace through Strength.” Senior Director for Counter Terrorism Sebastian Gorka told the press the administration has already “neutralized more than 820 jihadis” since taking office, and he points to a day-eight executive action that took out a senior ISIS leader. This is the fresh development: a strategy document and a bold tally — and Washington would do well to pay attention.
What the new Trump counter-terrorism strategy says
The new strategy names three top threats: narco-terrorists, legacy Islamic terror organizations like ISIS, and violent left-wing extremists and anarchists. The paper stresses “reality-based threat assessments” and says counterterrorism will be apolitical. That’s meant to be a dig at the last administration, which the strategy accuses of politicizing national security. Whether you cheer or sneer at t
