Trump’s strike on Iran’s nuclear sites revealed a point of agreement that anti-war activists on both the left and the right share: a willingness to blame the Jews.

A watershed moment for right-wing preppers was the election of Barack Obama in 2008, Mills said. For those on the left, it was Trump’s 2016 election.

Whether they are on the right or left, authoritarians want power. They want to silence the opposition as much as they can. They undermine or completely eliminate any type of judicial independence.