Trump's attack on the Muslim Brotherhood is a gift to Israel and far right extremists

If implemented, the measure would undermine core US interests, destabilise the Middle East, and empower the very actors Washington claims to be combatting. Firstly, the designation represents a triumph for the far-right extremists surrounding Trump - figures such as Sebastian Gorka, Trump’s senior director for counterterrorism, with widely reported ties to ultranationalist and neo-Nazi groups in Europe; and Laura Loomer, a far-right activist known for Islamophobic campaigns across the US. Both have long framed the Brotherhood as part of a global Islamist conspiracy, and lobbied aggressively for its designation (Read more at Middle East Eye).