They’re building whites-only towns in the US – could they be on their way here?

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Trump’s America has seen the birth of segregated settlements that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. Alex Hannaford talks to the men behind the Return to the Land project – and charts the rise of the ‘dank’ right propelling it

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he man appearing on the local TV news segment looks innocuous enough: clean-shaven, with short blond hair, he wears a smart blue polo shirt and Apple earbuds, and is framed by a shelf full of books. Then he proceeds to talk about the new community he’s creating in the Ozark mountains of Missouri: “We want to create spaces for white Americans to celebrate their unique heritage and preserve their culture,” he says. “And that can be communities like we’ve formed here, or it can be campgrounds or just community centres.”