Of the 201 terror-related incidents examined by the report, 63 were found to have been motivated by so-called “theocratic political ideology espoused by such groups as the Islamic State.” Meanwhile, 115 were committed by right-wing, white supremacist extremists.

Curiously, police anti-terror squads have successfully headed off 76 percent of the planned Islamist threats but only 35 percent of those organized and carried out by right and left-wing extremists. Even the use of sting operations is heavily biased, with Muslims subject to the technique at four times the rate used in the investigation of so-called homegrown terror plots.

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Stanford law professor, Shirin Sinnar, warns that “the administration’s anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies can fuel white supremacist violence directed at Muslims, immigrants, or people of colour by legitimising such hate.”

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For Sinnar, there is real peril in ignoring the growing spectre of home-grown terror in the US. Not shining a very bright light on the issue, combined with the Trump administration’s blatant bias against Muslims, enables these groups to grow and strengthen, she says.

The Stanford professor considers it naïve to believe that any information in this report or any other similar study will alter the course of the Trump administration’s rhetoric, saying “Its approach to security has less to do with facts than with racialised fears.”