Trump’s false claims about the election add fuel to the already simmering fire of right-wing extremism in the US.
![Members of the far-right Proud Boys rally in support of US President Donald Trump to protest against the results of the 2020 US presidential election, in Washington, DC, on November 14, 2020 [Hannah McKay/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/pb.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Shehata is the author of Shop Floor Culture and Politics in Egypt and the editor of Islamist Politics in the Middle East. He is currently completing a...n edited collection tentatively entitled The Struggle to Shape a New Middle East Regional Order.
Trump’s false claims about the election add fuel to the already simmering fire of right-wing extremism in the US.
![Members of the far-right Proud Boys rally in support of US President Donald Trump to protest against the results of the 2020 US presidential election, in Washington, DC, on November 14, 2020 [Hannah McKay/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/pb.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)