Trump White House rebuffed efforts by DHS to prioritize fighting domestic terrorism

“Homeland Security officials battled the White House for more than a year to get them to focus more on domestic terrorism,” a senior administration official has told CNN. The White House repeatedly rebuffed DHS’s efforts to prioritize the threat posed by domestic terrorist groups, including white supremacists, and to include it in the National Counterterrorism Strategy. Officials who were more than cooperative in getting the story out were slightly less excited to name the roadblock: Donald Trump. A former senior administration official did note “that the White House, specifically the President, has a problem criticizing white supremacy” as CNN puts it…LIRE LA SUITE