Islamophobia in the US did not start with Trump, but his tweets perpetuate a long history of equating Muslims with terrorism
2020 Jan 29
A protest against Islamophobia in TImes Square in March 2019. Dev Chatterjee/Shutterstock.com
In retweeting a doctored image of Nancy Pelosi standing in a hijab in front of an Iranian flag, Trump is playing into fears that Iran and Islam are evil and anti-American.