What Bush Understood That Trump Didn’t

Modern history has shown that hatred is a powerful political force, and doubly so when the hatred is trained at a certain ethnic, religious or cultural groups. In the twenties and thirties, the fascists proved this all across Europe. And now the politics of hate completely dominate and drive the GOP

Trump får Bush den yngre til at fremstå helt begavet. Det er sgu noget af en bedrift. Bush Understood Something Trump Doesn’t The leaders of the American right have embraced the false idea that the United States is at war with Islam.

The Atlantic: Bush Understood Something Trump Doesn’t The leaders of the American right have embraced the false idea that the United States is at war with Islam. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The leaders of the American right have embraced the false idea that the United States is at war with Islam.

"The President George W. Bush–era Republican Party after 9/11 insisted that the United States was at war not with a religion but with an idea. America opposed radical Islamism, not Islam. We stood for freedom as a universal human principle."

Following 9/11, a Republican president insisted America’s war is with terrorists, not Islam. Today, that distinction is dead. Donald Trump's rise normalizes anti-Muslim bigotry, transforming isolated fringe paranoia into mainstream GOP orthodoxy.

After George W. Bush denied and suppressed contempt for Muslims, Donald Trump has honored and nurtured it, Jonathan Chait argues. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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Bush Understood Something Trump Doesn’t The leaders of the American right have embraced the false idea that the United States is at war with Islam. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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This stance by American right leaders, including figures like Trump, may further polarize national and international relations.

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"A quarter century after 9/11, delirious anti-Muslim bigotry is almost routine in the political rhetoric of many conservatives." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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The leaders of the American right have embraced the false idea that the United States is at war with Islam. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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What Bush Understood That Trump Didn’t The leaders of the American right have embraced the false idea that the United States is at war with Islam. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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Republicans have rejected Bush’s understanding of 9/11 and its meaning in favor of Trump’s. The events of the past decade have clarified that the primary grounds for this repudiation [is] that Bush denied and suppressed contempt for Muslims, while Trump has honored and nurtured this hatred.

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We are not at war with Islam Over at The Atlantic, Jonathan Chait reflects on George W. Bush's response to Islam in the wake of 9-11. Later in the piece, he compares Bush's response to Trump's approach to Islam on the 25th anniversary of this tragic day. Here is a taste: The current New York City…

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