(CBN) – President Donald Trump plans to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terror organization, The New York Times reports. Such a designation would make the Muslim Brotherhood and its partners vulnerable to harsh economic and travel sanctions imposed by the US. The Times reports that national security and diplomatic officials began discussing the move after Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi held a private meeting with Trump at the White House on April 9th.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders confirmed that the Trump administration is pushing for the designation in a statement to the Times. “The president has consulted with his national security team and leaders in the region who share his concern, and this designation is working its way through the internal process,” Sanders said. Trump told CBN News during an interview in 2017 that he was holding meetings about the Muslim Brotherhood’s terror status. READ MORE
