According to my friend M. Arsalan Suleiman—former Acting US Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) under President Barack Obama—this clash of civilizations ideology animated many of the Trump administration's most identifiable policies. These policies included the debates over the US-Mexico border wall, immigration reform, refugee resettlement, the Muslim Travel Bans, undermining the Iran nuclear deal, possible Muslim Brotherhood terrorist designation, aggressive posturing vis-à-vis China, and efforts to ally with Russia.

QUESTION: How directly can a presidential ideology be linked to specific policies, given the many actors and competing interests involved?

XREF: Relates to Huntington's clash of civilizations thesis and how it translates into 21st-century policy.

Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Gl…, loc. 685