After signing an executive order banning residents of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S and ending Syrian refugee resettlement indefinitely, Trump has taken another bizarre step.
A source from Reuters has reported that Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a U.S. government program designed to counter all violent ideologies so that it focuses solely on Islamist extremism, five people briefed on the matter told Reuters.
The program, called “Countering Violent Extremism,” or CVE, would be changed to “Countering Islamic Extremism” or “Countering Radical Islamic Extremism,” the sources said, and would no longer target groups such as white supremacists who have also carried out bombings and shootings in the United States. The administration wants the exclusive focus of the Homeland Security program to be on Islamic extremism.
Eliminating the tracking of America’s homegrown extremists like the Ku Klux Klan would be one of the worst steps taken by the Government in recent history. And this is just day 13.
A reporter in the states explained in a series of tweets:
1. Report: Trump shifting Countering Violent Extremism program away from tracking white supremacists.
This is bad. https://t.co/bDzNbXf5dQ
— Jack Jenkins (@jackmjenkins) February 2, 2017
3. e.g., you are more likely 2 be killed by a right-wing extremist than a terrorist claiming Islam.
WAY more likely https://t.co/D8nsHyrANH
— Jack Jenkins (@jackmjenkins) February 2, 2017
7. Islamophobic groups were part of the more than 100 anti-Islam incidents I personally tracked from 2015 to 2016: https://t.co/Na2jKJwH6x
— Jack Jenkins (@jackmjenkins) February 2, 2017
https://t.co/lV2Uq7XKUj pic.twitter.com/4zYKfZIKhw
— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) February 1, 2017
While the world is stunned with Trump’s actions, all we can say is God bless America.
