Trumpism’s Islamophobic ideology predates Trump’s presidency, rooted in birtherism

Evidence

But it would be short-sighted to argue that the current wave of hate that culminated with the Christchurch mosque massacre began with Donald Trump. Although he would thankfully lose the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden, in order to truly understand Donald Trump, we must acknowledge that this right-wing political ideology of “Trumpism” was started long before his presidency from the days of his racist anti-Muslim birther conspiracy theories against a rising black presidential candidate named Barack Hussein Obama. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 230

Categorization

• XREF: Locates the root of Trumpism in Obama-era anti-Muslim birtherism — a lineage that ties the US case to the broader global right-wing wave behind Christchurch. — connects to: Trumpism predates Trump and will outlast his presidency — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 509; Trump’s agenda threatened Muslims through surveillance, registry, and civic repression — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 56; Islamophobia predates Trump by centuries as a state-backed system — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 79 (+10 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 230

Related

• Trumpism predates Trump and will outlast his presidency (similarity 0.92)
• The Trump administration elevated Islamophobic figures who shared his conspiracy beliefs. (similarity 0.91)
• Islamophobia predates Trump by centuries as a state-backed system (similarity 0.86)
• Trumpism outlives Trump and continues fueling Muslim disenfranchisement. (similarity 0.84)
• Trump’s campaign statement ‘I think Islam hates us’ and his proposed total shutdown of Muslims entering the U.S. constitute vitriolic anti-Muslim rhetoric foregrounded by an unprecedentedly… (similarity 0.83)
• The War on Terror conditioned the American public to want Trump. (similarity 0.82)
• Trump marked a new phase where rhetorical Islamophobia aligned openly with policy (similarity 0.82)
• The birther conspiracy launched Trump’s political viability. (similarity 0.81)
• Obama’s surveillance state mainstreamed Islamophobia that enabled Trump’s victory (similarity 0.81)
• Trump’s anti-Muslim measures continue rather than depart from prior policy (similarity 0.81)
• Right-wing politicians stoked a clash-of-civilizations narrative that globally increased Islamophobia. (similarity 0.80)
• Trump’s Muslim ban escalated Islamophobia to overt racial-nationalist action (similarity 0.80)
• Clash-of-civilizations ideology animated the Trump administration’s core policies (similarity 0.80)
• Trump’s ‘I think Islam hates us’ comment and the 2016-17 anti-Muslim rhetoric directly echo the Orientalist tradition Said documented, where Islam is depicted as monolithic, violent, and barbaric. (similarity 0.79)
• Trump’s Islamophobia was opportunistic rather than ideological conviction (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Trumpism outlives Trump and continues fueling Muslim disenfranchisement. #expands (0.70) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 669
• Clash-of-civilizations ideology animated the Trump administration’s core policies #corroborates (0.60) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 685
• Islamophobia predates organized networks and serves structural functions across the political spectrum #expands (0.60)
• The good Muslim bad Muslim binary paved the way for political Islamophobia #corroborates (0.55) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 262
• The War on Terror conditioned the American public to want Trump. #corroborates (0.50)