Goaded By Tariffs, European Pharmaceutical Industry Pivots To The US

 by Evgenia Filimianova via The Epoch Times,

The U.S. tariff policy and its unmatched pharmaceutical market are pulling European drugmakers to invest more heavily, from new manufacturing plants to U.S. stock listings and discount pricing deals.

Since early 2025, European drugmakers have stepped up their U.S. presence. In the most recent move, the United Kingdom’s giant AstraZeneca announced on Sept. 29 a direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange, just months after pledging $50 billion of U.S. investment by 2030.

The UK-headquartered Indivior dropped its London listing in July to trade solely on Nasdaq, while Swiss giants Roche and Novartis unveiled U.S. expansion plans in April worth $23 billion and $50 billion, respectively. France’s Sanofi has likewise committed at least $20 billion in American projects through 2030.

The moves reflect both the pull of the U.S. market, which accounted for more than half of global prescription medicine sales in 2024, and the push of political signals from Washington.

On Sept. 25, President Donald Trump, after months of warning about pharmaceutical tariffs, announced a 100 percent levy on imports of branded and patented medicines from Oct. 1 unless manufacturers build plants in the United States.

“Pharmaceutical companies are very cognizant of what the White House is saying, and they’re acting accordingly,” Russ Mould, investment director at British investment platform AJ Bell, told The Epoch Times.

He said that the United States, as the world’s largest economy and the biggest pharmaceutical market, was not a place where any chief executive wanted to risk being put at a competitive disadvantage.

US Market Dwarfs Its Peers

According to data from the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), North America represented 54.8 percent of global prescription sales in 2024, compared with 22.7 percent for Europe.

Between 2019 and 2023, two-thirds of new drug launches were made first in the United States, compared with just 16 percent across Europe’s top five markets.

That dominance has left non-U.S. drugmakers highly exposed to tariff risk. The European Union exported nearly €120 billion ($127 billion) worth of medicines to the United States in 2024, making America its largest pharmaceutical trading partner, according to the European Commission.

The United Kingdom alone shipped £7 billion ($8.5 billion) in pharmaceutical products across the Atlantic in the year to March 2025, UK government data show.

Industry analysts say the U.S. tariff policy, combined with Trump’s push for lower U.S. drug prices, are accelerating strategic shifts.

“It does look as though it is the direction of travel,” said Susannah Streeter, money and markets analyst at UK consultancy Consultable told The Epoch Times. “If companies are planning to build a factory in the United States, they will be exempt from extra tariffs. So this is concentrating minds among pharma giants about where to locate future manufacturing facilities.”

Streeter said the trend of companies shifting stock exchange listings from Europe to the United States depends largely on where their core business is located. In AstraZeneca’s case, U.S. revenues in the first quarter of 2025 made up roughly 42 percent of regional sales.

Smaller firms, Streeter said, are less likely to make such a move due to the capital required and the need for an established U.S. customer base.

“It’s quite a big undertaking. You certainly require a lot of capital to start moving entire operations, uprooting them and moving across the United States. Obviously you would need to make sure that you have a strong customer base there … So the bigger companies, it’s probably more likely that you’d see movement more quickly.”

For investors, she said the rationale behind these shifts is to avoid higher duties that could raise the cost of drugs in the United States.

“The hope is that they will avoid increased duties, which would make the drugs more expensive … so that they can ensure that their drugs get the widest possible customer base,” Streeter said.

The Push From Europe and the UK

Britain spends far less on medicines overall, just 9 percent of its healthcare budget, compared with 15–17 percent in France, Germany, and Italy, data from the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) show. Streeter said this helps explain “why you see moves away from the UK first.”

In the United Kingdom, drug companies have to hand back a large share of sales under government rebate schemes.

In 2025, firms in the main voluntary scheme will return 22.9 percent of revenues on eligible sales of newer medicines to the National Health Service, while those in the statutory scheme will pay 31.3 percent from July, averaging 23.4 percent across the year.

Rates are set to climb further to 24.3 percent in 2026 and 26 percent in 2027. By comparison, clawbacks are far lower in other European countries—about 7 percent in Germany, 9 percent in Ireland, and 5–12 percent in France, according to the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry.

The pressure is not limited to Britain. The European Union is also rewriting its drug rules, which determine how long companies can sell a new medicine without competition from generics. In June 2025, EU governments backed a plan to give firms at least eight years of protection, plus up to two extra years in some cases.

US Price Pressures and the Pfizer Deal

While Washington is also pressing for lower drug prices, the U.S. still offers greater rewards than Europe thanks to its size, deeper stock market liquidity, and new drug launch priority.

Following the Sept. 30 deal in which Pfizer agreed to cut Medicaid prices to match those in other developed nations, Swiss lobby Scienceindustries said other European firms may follow with similar “mini-deals.” Director General Stephan Mumenthaler told Reuters he expected announcements “one by one in the coming days and weeks.”

Both AstraZeneca and Sanofi also unveiled measures on Sept. 26 aimed at expanding affordability.

For some companies, the U.S. market also looks more attractive because of its financial depth.

“The London Stock Exchange has been suffering from lower levels of liquidity, and that has been a concern, certainly compared to the United States, where there’s been a huge amount of trading activity,” said Streeter. “There are—there are concerns about that, certainly in London.”

Tariff Uncertainty and Investment Outlook

Uncertainty remains around how U.S. tariffs will be applied, particularly for EU countries. Under a trade deal reached with the United States in July, tariffs on pharmaceuticals were capped at 15 percent.

The Trump administration formally confirmed the exemptions on Sept. 25. The following day, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Harris said Dublin would study the impact of the broader tariff announcements, but welcomed the exemptions for EU products under the agreement.

In parallel, the United States and the United Kingdom agreed under a recent trade deal to work on giving UK-made medicines and ingredients better trade terms, depending on the outcome of a U.S. review of whether certain imports threaten national security.

“I still think that there is a question mark surrounding how onerous the tariffs would actually be, particularly for European Union-based drugs companies,” Streeter said.

Meanwhile, U.S.-based financial services and investment research firm Morningstar said in a Sept. 25 report that tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals would likely have only a limited long-term effect on major drugmakers.

The firm estimated that a 15 percent tariff would reduce earnings by about 9 percent for U.S. companies and 6 percent for European ones, but said the impact would likely be eased by steps such as outsourcing production and securing multiple suppliers for key ingredients.

Analysts noted that European groups such as AstraZeneca and Novartis face higher upfront costs to expand in the United States, but could benefit from lower trade risks over time.

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/goaded-tariffs-european-pharmaceutical-industry-pivots-us

Jay Jones’ sick texts sum up the Dems’ position on political violence

 Leftist violence — fueled by the ugly words of lefty pols — is now clearly out of control and threatening to rip the nation apart.

It’s been growing rampant across the country, from the assassination of Charlie Kirk to the deadly anti-ICE shooting at a Dallas facility and the chaos in cities like Portland, Chicago, Los Angeles and more.

Protesters in Portland have been wreaking havoc outside a detention center for months, launching bottle rockets and rocks at ICE facilities and targeting officers’ eyes with lasers.

In Chicago, a group of psychos, one armed with a semi-automatic weapon, boxed in and swarmed border agents — while local cops were told to ignore the feds’ pleas for help.

Is there any wonder President Donald Trump has been itching to send the National Guard to these cities to restore order?

ICE agents, remember, are enforcing federal law as dictated by a federal government that was democratically elected.

Yet last week, Gov. JB Pritzker attacked ICE for “harassing people for not being white” — a crazy, inflammatory lie — and Mayor Brandon Johnson just ordered “ICE free zones,” preventing the feds from operating on city property.

Protesters believe their violent attacks are justified because Democrats keep telling them they’re fighting racist, fascist Nazis.

Dems don’t care that they’re encouraging law-breaking, dividing the country — or even that more people may die — as they paint opponents as evil.

Just look at the case of sicko Democratic Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones, who was exposed last week for sending texts fantasizing about then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert (R) being graphically murdered.

“Three people, two bullets. Gilbert, hitler, and pol pot,” read Jones’ texts, which were sent to Republican House Delegate Carrie Coyner in August of 2022. “Gilbert gets two bullets to the head.”

When Coyner protested, he then called her and reportedly said he hoped Gilbert’s wife would have to watch her children die in her arms because it might sway her husband on policy.

Once upon a time, this type of sociopathic musing would mean the end of Jones’ political career. But in today’s Democratic Party, it barely warrants a wrist-slap.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger refused to call on Jones to exit the race.

The Virginia Beach Democratic Committee said it stood “ten toes down” for Jones and was “ready to organize, mobilize and deliver” him voters, despite his “past mistakes.”

In lefty land, you can hope for the deaths of children, it seems, as long as those children are related to a Republican.

Sane Democrats need to speak up now and rid their party of the dangerous, radicalizing rhetoric that’s spurring a not-insignificant number of Americans to violence. Before it dooms the entire nation.

https://nypost.com/2025/10/06/opinion/jay-jones-sick-texts-sum-up-the-democrats-position-on-political-violence/

'Who needs US economic data when you have Wall Street?'

 The U.S. government shutdown is delaying key economic data releases, thickening the fog of uncertainty for policymakers and businesses, but they needn’t worry. They still have access to one of the best economic indicators: the stock market.

That may sound flippant, but the connection between U.S. equity prices, consumer spending and economic growth is strengthening. By some measures, it has never been stronger.

This helps explain one of economists’ big ‘misses’ this year: stubbornly resilient U.S. consumption. They seem to have underestimated the powerful, positive feedback loop of gravity-defying strength on Wall Street and consumer spending, the so-called wealth effect.

U.S. households have rarely been richer and have never had so much of their wealth in the stock market. The epic rally in equities is therefore making a lot of Americans feel a lot richer, increasing their propensity to spend. This is particularly true of the wealthiest households, who account for an outsized share of consumer spending.

The Federal Reserve’s national financial account figures for the second quarter, the latest available, are revealing on this measure.

Total household net wealth rose by $7.09 trillion, the third-largest increase on record, with rising equity prices contributing an eye-popping $5.51 trillion to gains in household wealth during the period. This reflects the fact that equities’ share of total household assets has risen to a record 31%, or more than 45% of households’ financial assets, another record.

Considering the sheer size of these figures, it’s reasonable to assume that the ‘wealth effect’ is one major reason why Americans are continuing to spend.

BIG SPENDERS

Economists are questioning the resilience of this consumption, however, as the U.S. labor market is showing signs of creaking, if not buckling. Job growth has essentially ground to a halt, and while this may partly be a consequence of reduced immigration, it still isn’t something typically associated with robust household consumption.

Yet economists at TD Securities – who share concerns about the weakening U.S. job market – still expect consumer spending to accelerate in the third quarter to a 3.2% annualized rate, from 2.5% in the second, raising their GDP growth forecast to 2.8% from 2.2%.

What explains this seeming incongruity?

Namely, the rich, who largely thanks to roaring equity markets, keep getting richer.

Consumption may always be driven by the wealthy, but that’s especially true today. The richest 10% of Americans account for around half of all consumer spending, which itself represents around 70% of all U.S. economic activity.

And the richest of all – the top 0.1% of households – saw their share of total household wealth rise to a record 13.9% in the second quarter, a period in which the S&P 500 rose 10.5% and the tech-dominated Nasdaq rose 17.5%.

These indices rose another 8% and 11%, respectively, in the third quarter, indicating that households felt even richer than they did in the second. Rich enough to keep on spending liberally?

The answer is likely “yes.” Economists at Goldman Sachs reckon that positive wealth effects may be strong enough to support consumer spending growth over the next year, especially after it gets a boost from the Trump administration’s tax cuts.

Goldman estimates quarterly annualized consumption growth was around 0.3 percentage points in the July-September period and will be around 0.2 percentage points over the next year.

That’s assuming equity prices rise in line with nominal GDP growth. If equity markets keep booming, consumption could eclipse economists’ expectations yet again.

REASONS TO BE CAUTIOUS

Of course, the ‘wealth effect’ is no guarantee of an uninterrupted consumption boom. While actual spending remains fairly healthy, consumer confidence is low, near the lowest on record, in fact, according to the University of Michigan’s sentiment index. But that’s the confidence of the average consumer, not that of the richest who keep seeing their stock portfolios appreciate.

And as TS Lombard’s Dario Perkins points out, the savings rate should fall when net worth rises, as consumers take out cash and spend. That’s not happening now – the savings rate is low at around 5%, but it has barely moved for the last few years.

Finally, stocks could stop defying gravity. Claims that we’re reaching a market top have been growing lately. But as long as optimism about artificial intelligence remains elevated and U.S. tech companies continue recording strong earnings, that long-awaited correction will stay just out of reach.

That’s good news for U.S. equity holders, and, on balance, the economy as a whole.

https://kfgo.com/2025/10/06/trading-day-another-whoosh-in-the-everything-rally/

Sen. Kennedy Just Exposed More Absurd Things Dems Shut Down The Government For

 by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com,

The Schumer Shutdown dragged through the weekend, with neither side budging. Republicans pushed for a straightforward continuing resolution to keep the government funded through November, but Democrats chose to hold the line for their wish list of radical spending priorities—billions and billions of dollars’ worth—and in doing so, shut the government down. The media has focused on their demand for free health care for illegal immigrants, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. There’s a lot more buried in this standoff that isn’t getting the attention it deserves.

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) took to the Senate floor this week and laid out, in his trademark blunt and hilarious fashion, exactly what Democrats are trying to shut the government down over—and it’s every bit as ridiculous as you’d expect.

“Basically, President Trump just said, ‘We want you to take some stuff out of the budget that we think is wasteful,’” Kennedy began. “And we did — and that upset the congresswoman.”

That “congresswoman,” of course, is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who, according to Kennedy, went ballistic when Trump and congressional Republicans started cutting some of the more absurd Biden-era spending priorities.

Kennedy didn’t hold back as he read aloud what Democrats are fighting to restore.

“We found that under President Biden, they were spending $3 million for circumcisions and vasectomies in Zambia,” he said. “We took that out. The congresswoman says, ‘We’re gonna shut down government until you put that back in.’”

And that was just the beginning.

“We found $500,000 of American taxpayer money for electric buses in Rwanda,” Kennedy continued.

“We found $3.6 million for pastry cooking classes and dance focus groups for male prostitutes in Haiti. I kid you not. I’m not making this up. It was in the budget under President Biden.”

Kennedy went on to rattle off even more examples of this insanity:

• $6 million for media organizations for the Palestinians.

• $833,000 for transgender people in Nepal.

• $300,000 for a pride parade in Lesotho.

• $882,000 for social media mentorship in Serbia.

• $4.2 million for LGBTQI people in the Western Balkans and Uganda.

Do you think we should be funding that nonsense?

Republicans, Kennedy noted, stripped out each of these items as they tried to rein in wasteful foreign spending. But Democrats—with AOC and the “socialist wing” of the party leading the way—are threatening to shut the government down until every last one of those absurd expenditures is put back in.

“I could spend the rest of the afternoon here,” Kennedy said. “We took all that out. It upset Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez. It upset the socialist wing of her party. And now they’re threatening all other Democrats and saying, ‘You’ve got to shut that government down until we get what we want.’”

And that, Kennedy concluded, is what this entire budget fight is about—not defending American taxpayers or funding core government services, but holding the government hostage over millions in woke pet projects and bizarre international handouts.

The Schumer Shutdown didn’t happen by accident—it’s the result of Democrats choosing their woke agenda over citizens. Chuck Schumer made his priorities clear, and now the American people are paying the price.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/sen-kennedy-just-exposed-more-absurd-things-democrats-shut-down-government

Back To Square One? Hamas, Israelis Meet In Egypt To Hash Out Trump Peace Plan

 After President Trump issued weekend threats telling Hamas to move quickly on implementing his 20-point Gaza peace plan, along with previously warning there'd be "hell to pay" if they don't free all 48 remaining hostages (living and deceased), it seems the sides are merely back to square one in a sense as delegations have been sent to Egypt.

"A delegation of Hamas officials led by the terror group’s leader Khalil al-Hayya arrived in Egypt on Sunday night to begin negotiations on Washington’s plan to end the war in the Gaza Strip and free all 48 remaining hostages — at least 20 of them alive — as US President Donald Trump implored all parties to move fast toward an agreement," Israeli media writes. An American official has told Sky News Arabia that still "There are many details that need to be worked on regarding the Gaza negotiations." But the message from Washington is that the priority is the immediate release of the hostages.

EPA via Shutterstock

Negotiations over exactly how swaps will go down, and other conditions related to the future of Gaza - especially the disarming of Hamas and IDF partial withdrawal - are set for the Red Sea resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh. Trump had also previously cautioned that Hamas doesn't have much room for negotiations at all.

And yet, the Israeli side may not yet be fully on board either, which could present significant obstacles to achieving a final peace. Times of Israel points out:

Israel’s delegation also departed for Sharm El-Sheikh on Sunday night, even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was still attempting to keep his right-wing coalition allies on board with Trump’s ambitious 20-point plan and prevent them from jumping ship and bringing down his coalition. Still, opposition leader Yair Lapid has promised Netanyahu a “safety net” to prevent his government from falling in any Knesset vote as a consequence of the prime minister advancing the deal.

Disapproval within Netanyahu’s coalition is not the only obstacle to reaching an agreement: Hamas has said it is prepared to release the hostages it is holding, subject to certain conditions, but is expected to make additional demands, including as regards the Israeli military’s withdrawal from the Strip and the release of Palestinian security prisoners in exchange for the hostages.

Hamas has indeed added some 'extra' demands such as asking for the release of some top terror chiefs held in Israeli prisons, which Tel Aviv is likely to scoff at.

Israel is said to have halted its Gaza City offensive pending the peace deal, however, heavy bombardment from the air has reportedly continued, with Gaza's Civil Defense most recently saying that 24 people have been killed in the last 24 hours.

And Middle East Eye reports, "Israel has killed more than 100 Palestinians since Hamas agreed on Friday to release all captives as part of the latest US ceasefire plan, with truce negotiations set to begin Monday in Egypt."

"Heavy bombing rocked the Gaza Strip over the weekend, with strikes reported on residential neighborhoods, refugee camps, and aid distribution points," it continues.

Even Egypt, which is playing host to the 'final' talks, is adding to the pressure, with Egypt’s President el-Sisi declaring Monday that "real peace in the Middle East will not be achieved unless an independent Palestinian state is created based on the principles of international legitimacy that restore rights to their rightful owners."

"Take the win," Trump urged...

But those who will be meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh will not be focused on such big picture things as a two-state solution, but instead on restoring a post-Hamas order to the Gaza Strip. Israel is certainly not going to sign on to a full-fledged Palestinian state.

Sisi added that a "ceasefire, the exchange of captives and Palestinian prisoners, redevelopment of Gaza, and the initiation of a peaceful political pathway towards the creation and recognition of a Palestinian state represent the correct track towards lasting peace and stability."

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/back-square-one-hamas-israelis-meet-egypt-hash-out-trump-peace-plan

How To Mayweather Counterpunch The Democrats

 by Steve Cortes via RealClearPolitics,

The Democrats have shut down the government because they’re putting illegal immigrants ahead of American citizens.

Do not listen to Chuck Schumer or any of his allies in the corporate media when they spin about this critical point. As Vice President JD Vance correctly points out: “It’s not something that we made up. It’s not a talking point. It is in the text of the bill that they initially gave to us to reopen the government.”

The Dems nuked a near-term CR budget fix because they insisted on taxpayer-funded healthcare for foreign migrants who do not even belong in America, and no longer have legal status here, under President Trump’s leadership.

So, here we are. We didn’t ask for this fight. But in politics – and in life – sometimes the fight comes to you, and you have no choice but to engage. In this case, if the Trump administration pursues the correct, and totally legal, agenda, then we can make the Democrats regret ever going down this path. In other words, “Dems, don’t threaten us with a good time!”

It is time to counterpunch, and not mildly. Rather, it’s time for a Floyd “Money” Mayweather approach to politics and policy. The Democrats just flung the door open for the America First movement to make good on the promises of the 2024 campaign, to truly reshape, resize, and remake government in permanent ways that can benefit Americans for decades to come.

The main mechanism, of course, is mass firings. Not temporary furloughs of unnecessary federal bureaucrats, mind you, but rather a thorough, legal, lasting deck cleaning. Saying a permanent goodbye to legions of non-critical federal workers, that kind of action represents the “Mayweather” punch back at the radical Democrats. It is not some wild, purely reactionary defensive salvo, but rather a precise and unstoppable counterpunch knockout to the administrative state of Washington, D.C.

That industry of Permanent Washington, it exists for its own benefits and perquisites. Consider, for example, that the average federal employee in the Washington, D.C., area makes $127,000 per year in salary and benefits, according to Zip Recruiter. Even worse than the lavish pay that we provide, these bloated bureaucrats are often lazy and, when they do decide to work, have abused their power to reign like unelected monarchs over regular Americans and small businesses.

But the people now have the legal route to strike back. Even the Washington Post admits this reality, writing that “President Trump and his budget director, Russell Vought, now have extraordinary power…[deciding] which government workers to permanently lay off.”

So, this Democrat-created crisis represents a truly unique opportunity to clean house, slash waste, reduce deficits, and restore a government built on common sense and restraint. Plus, the timing could not be more opportune, as America struggles to manage a gargantuan $37 trillion federal debt.

And here’s the tactical side of the showdown: These are the fights Donald Trump has thrived on his entire career. “The Art of the Deal” isn’t about pinstripes and flash – it’s about leverage, persuasion, and turning the tables. His adversaries get distracted by the show, just like in “A Bronx Tale,” missing the moves that really matter.

Like the honey badger, he doesn’t care. And neither do the American people. We’re focused on results – delivering on the mandate voters gave us.

That mandate is for prosperity – and for an America that doesn’t just survive, but leads the world into a new golden age. And as we approach our 250th anniversary, that vision matters more than ever.

We live in an era of disruption. It’s unstoppable. Government resisted this disruption only through artificial means because of the inertia of Washington to grow constantly for over a century, since the awful Progressive Era. But now, time is up, and the Dems themselves just handed Republicans the power to finally, at long last, start to crush the pernicious administrative state, along with the punishing debt it created.

In a sense, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries did us a huge, historic favor. Thanks, guys! Now get ready to help your Washington bureaucrat pals pack up their stuff, cause we are taking back our country.

As we head into the mighty semiquincentennial birthday of our amazing Republic, it is time to act. Knock out the Leviathan. In its place, build a society of prosperity and security that evolves into America’s golden age. Let’s get it done.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/how-mayweather-counterpunch-democrats

Trump World Tower, Israeli Consulate In NYC Listed As "Protest Targets" Tomorrow

 Two years after the October 7, 2023, attacks that plunged Gaza into war, the Trump administration is pushing forward with a Gaza ceasefire plan that began with indirect talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators on Monday evening. According to CNN, the two sides are expected to continue meeting over the next few days with mediators from the U.S., Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey present. 

The second anniversary of the attack on Israel by Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups is tomorrow, and there's an early indication that pro-Palestinian protesters could mobilize in New York City, Manhattan Institute analyst Stu Smith wrote on X.

Smith wrote on X that the front group "Behind Enemy Lines" released targets across New York City, including "businesses tied to the President's family, Democratic offices, major universities, consulates, Jewish organizations, and even private companies." 

🚨 The “Behind Enemy Lines” October 7th materials openly list targets across NYC — businesses tied to the President’s family, Democratic offices, major universities, consulates, Jewish organizations, and even private companies.

"No business as usual. Escalate for Gaza." pic.twitter.com/hRdyGv36u5

— Stu Smith (@thestustustudio) October 5, 2025

"No business as usual. Escalate for Gaza," read the flyer that the Manhattan Institute analyst posted on X.

On the group's website, it emphasized, "The empire is the enemy. From the belly of the beast, we choose to resist it." 

There is a lot of Marxist undertones on the site, and it's not necessarily about helping poor Palestinians, but in fact used as a cover for their ultimate aim to destroy the U.S. from within. 
"On the second anniversary of the Al-Aqsa flood, Behind Enemy Lines is calling on everyone to escalate for Gaza and shut down business as usual," the website continued. 

Civil terrorism expert Jason Curtis Anderson of One City Rising provides insight into Behind Enemy Lines and how it aligns with the rise of leftist political violence:

Behind Enemy Lines qualifies as an anarchist group IMO, because they have done very little outside from advocating for political violence. At least with 'social justice' or 'racial justice' advocacy groups, they can (and do) qualify for tax-exempt status (which they then abuse), but Behind Enemy Lines didn't even do that. They have a donation link through GiveButter.com, a website often used to raise money for anarchist groups and their bail funds. 

While it is hard for the public to tell how dangerous Behind Enemy Lines is, their recent campaign of providing maps of targets to "Escalate for Gaza" on October 7th is a cause of major concern to everyone on that list, including Trump Tower, the Jewish National Fund, and Senator Chuck Schumer, whose home is listed in the map.  

Behind Enemy Lines draws its framework from a revolutionary following, and these lists provide targets and encourage action against them. 

Given the country's recent escalations of political violence, including the assassination of Charlie Kirk and incidents at ICE facilities, Behind Enemy Lines knows exactly what they are doing. One of the things that the public needs to understand is that the process of being induced into political violence perfectly mirrors the way martyrs are convinced to participate in Islamic terrorism. 

Step one is being introduced to this worldview. Step two is believing it. Step three is believing that political (or Islamic) violence is the answer. Step four is participating in political violence. 

The majority of America's radical left pro-Palestine groups and anarchist groups are all in phase three and increasingly participating in stage four. Hundreds of these organizations and activists are openly calling for escalations of violence against the West, both at protests and onto social media megaphones, just hoping someone will respond to their call to action and commit the political violence they are calling for. 

Also, given what I know about them (from seeing them in person), Beyond Enemy Lines members include students, faculty, and ordinary members, making it harder to define than a nonprofit or explicit student group.

Yet more left-wing groups are hiding under popular causes such as Palestine, BLM, and climate activism - all sharing one very similar goal: they hate capitalism, despise the West and Christianity, and, most importantly, want to collapse America from within by sowing chaos.

To counter this radical leftist movement, the Trump administration is organizing a task force to "dismantle" these groups. 

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-world-tower-israeli-consulate-nyc-listed-protest-targets-tomorrow