https://thecompanion.in/trumps-gulf-visit-regional-implications This dramatic shift within just one year highlights the inconsistencies and hollowness of the U.S. discourse on terrorism and the securitisation of Islam and Islamist groups. A person previously labelled a terrorist is now embraced as a “good guy” and a partner in peace when it suits American interests. This exposes the contradictions—the _jhol_ —of the entire "War on Terror" narrative and the consequent securitisation of Islam. Writes Hammadurrahman