Trump's malignant populism has turned far-right violence into a domestic terrorism threat by Enzo DiMatteo on January 28th, 2021 at 7:00 PM 1 of 4 2 of 4 For Canadians, there has been much to unpack after four years of Donald Trump. And while we fancy ourselves above the darker forces of racism, nativism, fear, and demonization (not to mention misogyny) that have been unleashed under Trump, our proximity to our neighbour to the south—and a porous social media—has made us particularly vulnerable to the spread of right-wing extremism of the kind witnessed during the attack on the Capitol on January 6. While conservative columnists dismiss the idea it could ever get to the same point here, the anti-state and anti-government sentiments expressed by those who took part have already infected the mainstream in Canada. On the same day as armed protestors attacked the Capitol, in Toronto a motorcade of supporters waving Trump 2020 and Stop The Steal flags drove from Queen’s Park to Bayview Village mall as part of a show of support for the former president.