For four years, Trump and his enablers systematically dismantled the machinery of government responsible for investigating and assessing the threat to our country posed by domestic terrorists. In particular, workers in agencies involved in monitoring and reporting on the threat posed by white supremacists or neo-fascist organizations were left with a clear understanding that none of the MAGA embeds in the various government agencies responsible for public safety were interested in the dealing with that threat.
Across conversations with multiple former DHS officials and analysts, TPM found that a top-down aversion from the Trump administration towards addressing the threat of far-right extremism, inept management, and the dismantling of DHS bureaucracies aimed at coordinating, analyzing, and disseminating information about extremist groups contributed to the lack of warning.
Trump considered these groups to be allies and treated them as such. Reduced emphasis on these violent groups themselves and an institutional unwillingness to provide warning of potential dangers particularly when those dangerous activities coincided with Trump and MAGA goals.
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