Nathan Sales, the State Department's counter terrorism coordinator, has designated a Russian nationalist group as a terrorist organization (4/6, A24). In typical Trumpian fashion, Mr. Sales touted his action as "unprecedented", and, tellingly, said "this is the first time the United States has ever designated white supremacists as terrorists..."
With the number of white supremacist groups growing ominously in the US during the Trump presidency, the administration had to look abroad to condemn this threat to our democracy? How about those "very fine people" who violently demonstrated their hatred and racism in Charlottesville? If the Trump administration feels an imperative to label Russians as terrorists, why doesn't it begin by branding Mr. Putin who has been and continues to be hard at work undermining free elections and democratic societies around the world?
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