(The Foundry)
Whether the Muslim Brotherhood should be considered a terrorist group is a question that has swirled in Western policy circles for years.
Several U.S. allies in the Middle East have a clear position. The Brotherhood was banned by the Egyptian government as a terrorist group in December 2013. Saudi Arabia did the same in March 2014, followed by the United Arab Emirates that November.
Now, The New York Times has reported that, following a recent meeting with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, President Donald Trump has requested that the U.S. government consider doing the same.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told the Times that “[t]he 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.”