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We reflect upon the ways in which the promotion and endorsement of anti-Muslim hatred by Trump has led to him being named the ‘Islamophobia President’. We discuss his travel bans targeting Muslims, his white supremacist thinking, and his close relationships with key members of the global Islamophobia industry that position him as a central pillar in this transnational network that promotes anti-Muslim hatred and conspiracy theories about Muslims and Islam supported by networks of right-wing politicians, think tanks and the media. We note the concerning impacts of this on American Muslim communities and those who are assumed to be Muslim. In addition, we argue that the re-election of the ‘Islamophobia President’ is such that those wanting to promote Islamophobia are provided with an emboldened international stage from which to do so.
Author(s): Hopkins P, White J
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: The Geographical Journal
Year: 2025
Pages: epub ahead of print
Online publication date: 25/04/2025
Acceptance date: 14/04/2025
Date deposited: 14/04/2025
ISSN (print): 0016-7398
ISSN (electronic): 1475-4959
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/geoj.70017
DOI: 10.1111/geoj.70017
Data Access Statement: Data sharing not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analysed during the current study.
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