After the email scandal regarding President Trump’s senior advisor Stephen Miller broke out, professor Cas Mudde wrote about the way the Republican party is steeped in white supremacism, these days.
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President Trump’s senior advisor Stephen Miller’s affinity for white nationalism revealed (again)
Southern Poverty Law Center has published extensive report regarding President Trump’s senior advisor, far-right personality Stephen Miller.
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New concerns about the anti-Muslim bias of Trump administration
President Trump has appointed Charles M. Kupperman to assist National Security Advisor John Bolton. The latest appointee has caused more concerns about the anti-Muslim bias of Trump administration. Kupperman served on the board of directors for the Center for Security Policy (CSP) between 2001 and 2010. The CSP and its former director Frank Gaffney Jr. are infamous for their anti-Muslim views (1, 2).
The Trump administration has or has had several members who have connections to Islamophobic organizations or who have expressed strong anti-Muslim sentiment. For example, Bolton himself, Secretary of State Pompeo and Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway have ties to the Center for Security Policy (1). Bolton appointed Fred Fleitz, who has been one of Frank Gaffney’s top associates, as chief of staff of the National Security Council (NSC) (2). Fleitz has now become the new President and CEO of the Center for Security Policy (3). Pompeo has also worked closely with Islamophobic organization ACT for America and even received its highest award in 2016 (2). Bolton has also connections to other anti-Muslim conspiracy theorists and Islamophobes, including Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer. Bolton has been a chairman of the right-wing anti-Muslim think tank Gatestone Institute and he has reportedly received substantial payments from the think tank (2, 4). President Trump’s senior advisor Stephen Miller, one of the architects of the Muslim immigration ban, started Islamophobic projects and worked with alt-right figure Richard Spencer while studying at Duke University (5). Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson has also expressed strong anti-Muslim views (6).
Some former members of Trump administration with strong anti-Muslim views include former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, former national security advisor Michael Flynn, former deputy national security advisor K.T. McFarland and former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon (5, 6).
References:
1) “Trump’s new ‘anti-Muslim’ appointee worries civil rights groups” Al Jazeera 17.1.2019
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/190117160447367.html
2) “Donald Trump’s Team of Islamophobes” The Nation 12.6.2018
https://www.thenation.com/article/donald-trumps-team-islamophobes/
3) Center for Security Policy – Staff:
https://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/about-us/staff/
4) “Trump’s new national security adviser chairs a group that has spread false claims about Muslim refugees in Europe” Business Insider 23.3.2018
https://www.businessinsider.com/john-bolton-gatestone-institute-muslim-refugees-2018-3
5) “The Dark History of the White House Aides Who Crafted Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’” Mother Jones 30.1.2017
6) “Donald Trump’s administration has seven people who have expressed Islamophobic sentiment” Independent 9.12.2016
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