Far-right terror poses bigger threat to US than Islamist extremism post-9/11

Since the 9/11 attack, far-right extremists killed more people in the US than did American-based Islamist fundamentalists

Donald Trump's presidency was bookended with two of the ugliest outbursts of white nationalist violence in 21st century America - the 2017 far-right rally in Charlottesville and the 2021 storming of the US Capitol by his extremist supporters to sabotage the election results.

Rightwing apologists like to downplay these lethal events or dismiss them as aberrations, but experts warn this is a form of terrorism that's not only entrenched but has ballooned to become the biggest domestic security threat in the US.