A former Reagan administration official has issued a warning about what he describes as a growing "red-green alliance," an ideological partnership between far-left socialists and radical Islamist movements that he believes are united by a common goal of undermining the United States.
Frank Gaffney, who served as assistant secretary of defense for international security policy under President Ronald Reagan, stated in an interview with Fox News Digital that this coalition poses a threat to U.S. national security. He characterized the alliance as one where both groups, despite potentially different ultimate aims, are "perfectly willing to make common cause for the immediate shared objective of destroying the United States."
This concept was recently discussed during a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing titled "Hidden in Plain Sight: Confronting the Muslim Brotherhood Network in America." During the hearing, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, questioned Kyle Shideler, director and senior analyst for homeland security and counterterrorism at the Center for Security Policy, about the relationship between groups like the Muslim Brotherhood and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), referring to it as the "Red-Green Alliance."
Shideler affirmed this characterization, stating that evidence suggests the "red-green alliance" shares a "revolutionary objective" to dismantle Americanism and its constitutional framework. Cruz later posted on X that "A counterterrorism expert testified that the Muslim Brotherhood and the DSA are united by a shared hatred of America — and a revolutionary objective to overthrow the U.S. Constitution."
Gaffney echoed this sentiment, explaining that the common ground between these disparate groups is more significant than their differences. He described the ideology of Sharia supremacists as akin to "communism with a God" or a religious veneer, fundamentally aligning with totalitarianism and a willingness to unite against the U.S. system.
Some critics of radical Islamism have also voiced concerns about this convergence. Dalia Ziada, a Muslim scholar who left Egypt after criticizing Hamas's attacks on Israel, told Fox News Digital that the link between radical Islamism and the radical left in the "red-green alliance" threatens the U.S., American politics, and Western society. She described the relationship as a "sinful marriage" between groups that "hate Western liberal democracies and desire to destroy them."
An investigation by Fox News Digital identified approximately 425 organizations, including communist groups, Muslim advocacy organizations, and anti-Israel activist coalitions, that are part of a coordinated transnational protest network with an estimated annual revenue of about $1 billion.