US President Donald Trump chairs a roundtable about Antifa in the White House State Dining Room (Credit: Jim WATSON / AFP)
Trump hosted a White House roundtable discussion on Antifa violence—focusing on the anti-fascist movement’s alleged role in domestic unrest. The event took place in the State Dining Room and featured administration officials, conservative influencers, and independent journalists who shared personal accounts of confrontations with Antifa members.
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Participants
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Administration Officials
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– President Donald Trump (host) – Attorney General Pam Bondi – Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem – FBI Director Kash Patel – Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche – White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller – White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
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Journalists & Influencers
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– Andy Ngo (conservative journalist, known for covering Antifa in Portland) – Jack Posobiec (right-wing commentator) – Brandi Kruse (former reporter focused on Portland protests) – Nick Sortor (independent journalist recently arrested near an ICE facility in Portland) – Jonathan Choe (Seattle-based reporter)
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During a press conference on Wednesday, President Trump said “the people that fund [antifa]. Probably some of the people I know, some of the people I dine with.”
My full statement to President Trump during the White’s House roundtable on Antifa: Antifa is real. It’s a real threat…Sustained political violence is not a ‘both sides’ issue. All of the violent protests I have covered just this year have been because of people on the Left. pic.twitter.com/AKy7NBjM3Q
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) October 8, 2025
Andy Ngo, an independent journalist for The Post Millennial, a Canadian conservative news site, spoke to President Donald Trump Wednesday during a roundtable about covering protests and Antifa.
Ngo described the times he has been attacked while covering protests.
“Thank you so much for acknowledging Antifa, and directing your administration to treat them as domestic terrorists. It’s going to be really challenging.”
During the meeting, independent journalists from the Pacific Northwest shared their encounters with Antifa while covering protests.
Brandi Kruse, an independent journalist based in Seattle who has developed a large following through her political Podcast unDivided with Brandi Kruse, urged the federal government to take action.
“So we want the federal government to take as many cases as possible,” Kruse said. “Look at the interstate travel between Portland and Seattle when it comes to these people committing violent acts. And hopefully in 3 and a half years they will be a shell of their former selves.”
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Another Independent investigative journalist Katie Daviscourt also attended and recounted her experience of being injured during a protest at a Portland ICE facility.
“Black clad anarchist militants concealing their faces behind facial coverings have been assaulting reporters just for being able to cover their crimes,” Daviscourt said. “Today I am sitting here with a black eye and a concussion after being violently hit in the face with a pole while reporting outside the ICE facility just this past week.”
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