Is talk of US civil war overblown? As Donald Trump plunges in the polls, some worry that his most hardline supporters will try to keep him in power even if it means an armed conflict.
US militias hoping to spark power struggle
Glossary
Fox News - America’s biggest cable news channel, with an average total prime time audience of 2.6 million viewers. It is generally believed to have a strong right-wing bias.
Proud Boys - The far-right organisation is dedicated to starting street brawls with left-wing groups. In 2019, some of its members were convicted of assault in New York.
Portland - A city in Oregon, on the west coast of the United States, which has been at the centre of recent violent clashes between right-wing and left-wing groups.
Wisconsin - A northern state of the USA. Once a Democratic stronghold, it was key to Trump's victory in the 2016 election.
Assassinated - Murdered for political ends. The word is thought to derive from the name given to a Shia Muslim sect based in medieval Persia, the Hashshashin, who carried out high-profile murders of important leaders.
Malcolm X - A contemporary of Martin Luther King Jr, he believed that African Americans must be willing to use violence in order to achieve their political ends. He was murdered in 1965.
Black Panther Party - A self-defence organisation set up by African Americans to monitor and prevent police brutality. Active from 1966-82, it became a target for the FBI. It also had chapters in the United Kingdom and Algeria.