Amarillo, Texas - In the rural Texas Panhandle, the night of the United States presidential elections was joyous. This is Trump country and one of themost conservative regions in the US. All the polls were wrong, and unlike the images of those at Clinton headquarters on Tuesday night, faces here were bright and cheerful.
Behind the happiness, there is, however, a question on many minds: what will happen with the re-energised far-right movements?
Cody Nevels, a self-asserted "white nationalist" with nearly 20 years of far-right activism under his belt, told Al Jazeera that he supported Trump "heavily", and was elated to see him win the election. Trump's win is "a validation for us".
"It's almost a weight off our shoulders because we fight so hard just to be heard."
Nevels recently became involved with White Lives Matter (WLM), a reaction to the Black Lives Matter protests. The group's popularity has increased over the past few months as they have adopted an internet-friendly approach to organising. "We recently kicked off WLM in the UK," he says.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has designated WLM a racist hate group. Nevels disagrees, saying the far-right movement is against "taking away" white history. "For us, that's not OK," he said, going on to stress that their protests have been entirely legal.
His brand of white nationalism isn't necessarily racist, he claimed. Nevels wants to preserve endangered "cultures" and "different historical events" for whites. He said he wants equal rights for all, but feels that whites are frequently losing these rights.
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