Thomas Anthony Trento (born 1951 or 1952)[1] is an American conservative activist, radio and web show host, and founder of the Florida-based counter-jihad group the United West, the successor to the Florida Security Council.
[3] Trento hails from Jersey, and later studied at the Florida Atlantic University under Walid Phares, a leading scholar of "stealth jihad".
[2] The United West website states that he has degrees in Law Enforcement, AS, Ocean County College, Theology, BA, Moody Bible Institute, and Philosophy, MA, Denver Seminary.
[16] The United West was launched in March 2011 at an event that was attended by Donald Trump, who posed for photographs together with Frank Gaffney and Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff.
[19] In November 2022, the United West organized a private fundraising event at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, during which it said it premiered a television program associated with Homan's Defend the Border and Save Lives project.