The US Federal Police expressed concern about the possibility of violent confrontations between extremist groups as the presidential elections approached, while President Donald Trump launched an attack on the left, and announced a national education plan to avoid a cultural revolution.

During a session in front of Congress, the Director of the FBI, Christopher Ray, explained that the agency was monitoring armed groups that clashed on the sidelines of anti-racism demonstrations in Portland (northwestern United States), and in Kenosha near the Great Lakes region.

"We now have additional fuel to ignite violence ... We have groups that adopt opposing views that increase the gravity of the situation," he added. "We have spotted this in several cities, and this is something that worries me."

Members of right-wing extremist groups and "anti-fascist" activists had infiltrated among demonstrators demanding police reform and an end to racism in the United States, and as a result there were deaths.

And at the end of last August, a 17-year-old killed two anti-racism protesters.

The boy belongs to armed groups that claim to defend Kenosha from "rioters".

In Portland, an "anti-fascist" person claimed to have killed a supporter of a local right-wing extremist group, before the police shot him when he was arrested.

Ray: We have groups with opposing views that make the situation more dangerous.

(Reuters)

Education plan


In a related context, US President Donald Trump announced Thursday a new federal educational plan to encourage "national education."

In a speech he gave on the anniversary of the signing of the constitution in 1787, Trump launched an attack on the left wing and liberal ideologies, accused his opponents of seeking to bring about a cultural revolution, and said our youth will learn to love America with their hearts and souls.

Trump spoke of left-wing activists demolishing statues of "important historical figures" during protests against police brutality and racism over the summer.

He also criticized his opponents, about whom he said they wanted to portray the United States as a racist state based on oppression, and announced that he would form a "national committee to advance national education."