From Huntington to Trump argues that the âclash of civilizations,â an idea first raised three decades ago by Bernard Lewis and endorsed by Samuel Huntington, has created a template for understanding the world which has been adopted by both the United Nations and right-wing populist politicians in Europe and the United States of America. Haynes traces the development of the âclash of civilizationsâ from the colonial period through the end of the Cold War and 9/11 and analyzes its effects on society.