Trump signals plan to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization

"We welcome President Trump's statements and the growing recognition that the Muslim Brotherhood, its ideology and network pose a serious challenge to the United States and democratic societies," Charles Asher Small, executive director of ISGAP, said in a press release after Trump's interview with Just the News.

"A formal U.S. designation would represent an important first step to confront the Muslim Brotherhood in the United States. This will require sustained, evidence-based policy, serious scrutiny of its affiliated structures and funding streams, and long-term investment in democratic resilience."

The ISGAP report dives deep into alleged terrorist ties within the group along with various funding sources from places like Qatar, while making the case that both al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood "share the strategic aim" of establishing an Islamic state government by sharia law and differing only in tactics where the Brotherhood's "gradualism allows it to maintain ideological continuity with militant jihad while avoiding direct confrontation."