For all of his anti-establishment rhetoric, President Trump’s stance toward immigrants and Muslims is more of the same. Orientalism and Manifest Destiny have long animated American foreign policy and domestic treatment of its racial and religious minorities. Medieval romances and legends of battles between Christian and Muslim warriors nurtured the perception of a dangerous and violent Islam. Orientalism and Manifest Destiny have long animated American foreign policy and domestic treatment of its racial and religious minorities. Over time, the various offshoots of Orientalism animated our immigration policies in general and treatment of Muslims in particular.

Source: Fox News January 28, 2017 19:16 UTC