# NSPM-7 (National Security Presidential Memorandum 7)

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**Created:** [August 5, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nspm-7-national-security-presidential-memorandum-7/1032172 "2026-08-05T22:53:42Z")\
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Has anyone here heard of a thing called National Security Presidential Memorandum 7? It appeared in an article in The Nation, and appears to be a draconian move against political activity by all organizations considered by Trump to be “leftist”. It seems like Trump wants to crack down pretty hard on all who oppose him. Trump grows more tyrannical every day.

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**Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nspm-7-national-security-presidential-memorandum-7/1032172/2 "2026-08-05T23:02:34Z")

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This is the actual order on the White House’s official web site.

> **[Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/)**
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> NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE                THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

This is the ACLU’s take on it.

> **[How NSPM-7 Seeks to Use "Domestic Terrorism" to Target Nonprofits and...](https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/how-nspm-7-seeks-to-use-domestic-terrorism-to-target-nonprofits-and-activists)**
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> What President Donald Trump’s latest memorandum targeting civil society does, does not, and cannot do.

And that order was back in September of last year, so it’s not some new thing that just happened. It was almost a year ago now.

Whatever significance it might have had has probably already played itself out by now. Remember that this was around the time when ICE started going nuts.