Abstract
This chapter shows that there is little evidence that the "Muslim travel ban" or the idea of "extreme vetting", which Trump both presented as counter-terrorism measures, were workable or made the country safer. The reason was that immigration was not the main problem, and existing systems for vetting immigrants or visitors worked as well as they could. For Trump's "true believers", however, this had never been the point. In their mind, both the "Muslim ban" and "extreme vetting" were part of their (ideological) project of challenging multi-culturalism and the idea of America as a "nation of immigrants". The ultimate purpose was not to counter terrorism or protect the American people, but to promote "America first".
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