List of conspiracy theories promoted by Donald Trump

This article contains a list of conspiracy theories promoted by Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States.[1][2][3]

Conspiracy theories

• Alleged actions by Muslims as claimed by Britain First[1][4]
• Belief that vaccines cause autism[1][2]
• Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory[5]
• Barack Obama birther conspiracy theories[1][2]
• Central Park Five[6][7][8]
• Climate change denial[1]
• Clinton Body Count[1][9]
• Conspiracy theories related to the Trump–Ukraine scandal[10][11][12]
• COVID-19 conspiracy theories[13][14][15]
• Deep state in the United States[16]
• Epstein didn't kill himself[17]
• Suicide of Vince Foster[1]
• Global warming conspiracy theory[1][2]
• Hurricane Maria death toll controversy[1][2]
• Joe Scarborough murder conspiracy[1][18][19]
• Assassination of John F. Kennedy - alleged Rafael Cruz, the father of Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate for the 2016 elections Ted Cruz, is tied to Lee Harvey Oswald.[20][21]
• Murder of Seth Rich[22]
• Obamagate – term ascribed in May 2020 to nebulous claims concerning the case of Michael Flynn and alleged unauthorized surveillance of Flynn and others.[23][24]
• Osama bin Laden death conspiracy theories[25]
• QAnon
• Spygate[3][26]
• Stop the Steal[27]
• Syrian refugee as ISIS members conspiracy[1]
• Trump Tower wiretapping allegations[1][2]
• Voter impersonation[1][2]
• White genocide[28][29][30] and Great Replacement[31] conspiracy theories
• Wind turbines cause cancer[1][2]

Conspiracy theorists

Donald Trump has encouraged individuals who promote conspiracy theories.

• Alex Jones,[32] publisher of InfoWars, a climate denialist who has said that the World Bank invented the "hoax" of climate change[33] and who also falsely claims that vaccines cause autism[34][35]
• Laura Loomer,[36] who has made false claims about several U.S. mass shootings, including that they were affiliated with ISIS or that the shootings were entirely staged[37][38][39]
• Sidney Powell, an attorney who joined the Trump legal team in 2020, although the team distanced itself from her after she publicly claimed that the 2020 election had been rigged by an elaborate international communist plot.[40] She filed and lost four federal cases, alleging voter fraud of "biblical" proportions and claiming that voting machines had been secretly programmed to switch votes from Biden to Trump.[41][42][43]
• Paul Joseph Watson, who worked for Alex Jones' InfoWars and whose conspiracy theory interests include chemtrails, the New World Order and the Illuminati[44]
• L. Lin Wood, an attorney who promoted conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election, claiming that Trump had won the election with 70% of the vote, and that a secret cabal of international communists, Chinese intelligence, and Republican officials had contrived to steal the election from Trump.[45][46]

Commentaries

The flow of debunked or unproven conspiracy theories advanced by Trump has been commented on and mocked by journalists, cartoonists[47] and others.

See also

• Veracity of statements by Donald Trump
• Big lie

References

1. Zeballos-Roig, Joseph; Haltiwanger, John; Kranz, Michal (October 9, 2019). "24 conspiracy theories Donald Trump has floated over the years". Business Insider. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
2. Bump, Philip (November 26, 2019). "President Trump loves conspiracy theories. Has he ever been right?". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
3. Shesgreen, Deirdre (December 16, 2019). "Donald Trump, Russia and Ukraine: Five conspiracy theories debunked". USA Today. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
4. Dearden, Lizzie (November 29, 2017). "Donald Trump retweets Britain First deputy leader's Islamophobic posts". The Independent. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
5. "AP Explains: Trump seizes on dubious Biden-Ukraine story". AP NEWS. October 15, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
6. Wilson, Michael (October 23, 2002). "Trump Draws Criticism for Ad He Ran After Jogger Attack". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
7. Laughland, Oliver (February 17, 2016). "Donald Trump and the Central Park Five: the racially charged rise of a demagogue". The Guardian. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
8. Holmes, Steven A. (October 7, 2016). "Reality Check: Donald Trump and the Central Park 5". CNN. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
9. Matthews, Dylan (November 14, 2019). "#ClintonBodyCount and Jeffrey Epstein, explained". Vox. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
10. Nicholas, Peter (November 29, 2019). "Why Trump Loves – And Depends on – Conspiracy Theories". The Atlantic. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
11. Shuster, Simon; Bergengruen, Vera (October 3, 2019). "How Trump's Obsession With a Conspiracy Theory Led to the Impeachment Crisis". TIME. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
12. Benen, Steve (May 11, 2020). "The political significance of Trump's odd new conspiracy theory". MSNBC. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
13. "Trump, aides flirt with China lab coronavirus conspiracy theory". Al Jazeera. April 17, 2020. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
14. Oh, Inae (February 28, 2020). "Trump and His Allies Are Pushing an Outrageous Coronavirus Conspiracy Theory". Mother Jones. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
15. Levin, Bess (February 27, 2020). "Trump Supporters Have a Predictably Insane Coronavirus Conspiracy Theory". Vanity Fair. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
16. Cillizza, Chris (February 14, 2020). "Donald Trump's 'Deep State' conspiracy theory just took a big hit". CNN Politics. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
17. Beggin, Riley (August 11, 2019). "Trump retweets conspiracy claiming Bill Clinton killed Jeffrey Epstein". Vox. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
18. Forgey, Quint (May 12, 2020). "Trump promotes conspiracy theory accusing TV show host of murder". Politico. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
19. Coleman, Justine (May 24, 2020). "Trump ramps up Twitter push on unfounded Scarborough conspiracy theory". TheHill.
20. https://www.jacksonville.com/reason/fact-check/2016-07-29/story/fact-check-did-ted-cruzs-father-consort-lee-harvey-oswald
21. https://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/trump-ted-cruz-father-222730
22. Calderone, Michael (January 8, 2017). "Trump Linked To Fox News' Bogus Seth Rich Story, Lawsuit Alleges". HuffPost. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
23. "'Obamagate': Fox News helping Trump turn conspiracy theory into 2020 version of Clinton's emails". May 19, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
24. "The absurd cynicism of 'Obamagate'". May 16, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
25. Tara Subramaniam and Holmes Lybrand. "Fact-checking the dangerous bin Laden conspiracy theory that Trump touted". CNN. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
26. Corn, David (December 9, 2019). "Inspector General's Report Shows Trump's "Spygate" Conspiracy Theory Was the Real Hoax". Mother Jones. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
27. "Donald J. Trump, Twitter". Donald Trump. November 8, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
28. U.S. President Donald Trump's White genocide conspiracy theory tweet: "I have asked Secretary of State @SecPompeo to closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers. South African Government is now seizing land from white farmers @TuckerCarlson @FoxNews"
29. "South Africa blasts Trump over racially divisive tweet". Associated Press. August 23, 2018.
30. "'Dangerous and poisoned': Critics blast Trump for endorsing white nationalist conspiracy theory on South Africa". The Washington Post. August 23, 2018.
31. "Christchurch mosque killer's theories seeping into mainstream, report warns". The Guardian. July 7, 2019. Archived from the original on July 8, 2019. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
32. Corn, David (June 13, 2017). "Here's the Alex Jones story Megyn Kelly and other reporters should probe". Mother Jones. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
33. Blakeslee, Nate (January 20, 2013). "Alex Jones Is About To Explode". Texas Weekly. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
34. Belluz, Julia (June 16, 2017). "I talked to Alex Jones fans about climate change and vaccines. Their views may surprise you". Vox. New York City: Vox Media. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
35. Woolf, Nicky (February 7, 2015). "Anti-vaccine activists waging 'primordial cosmic war' despite measles backlash". The Guardian. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
36. Obeidallah, Dean (February 9, 2020). "Laura Loomer, Trumpy Bigot Embraced by the Florida GOP, Could Actually Get to Congress". The Daily Beast. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
37. Palma, Bethania. "Conspiracy Theories Immediately Appear After Santa Fe School Shooting". Snopes. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
38. Sommer, Will (June 27, 2018). "Jack Posobiec and Laura Loomer Fight for Credit Over Vegas Shooting Conspiracy Theory". The Daily Beast. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
39. Weill, Kelly; LaPorta, James (February 21, 2018). "InfoWars Sends Professional Troll Laura Loomer to Parkland". The Daily Beast. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
40. Sherman, Jake; Palmer, Anna; Ross, Garrett; Okun, Eli. "POLITICO Playbook PM: Rudy". POLITICO. Archived from the original on November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
41. "Trump lawyer Sidney Powell says Georgia election lawsuit "will be biblical," suggests GOP governor helped Biden". Newsweek. November 22, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
42. "Trump campaign cuts ties with attorney Sidney Powell after bizarre election fraud claims". The Guardian. Associated Press. November 23, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
43. Fichera, Angelo; Spencer, Saranac Hale (November 13, 2020). "Bogus Theory Claims Supercomputer Switched Votes in Election". FactCheck.org. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
44. Wilson, Jason (May 24, 2017). "How rightwing pundits are reacting to the Manchester attack". The Guardian. Retrieved June 3, 2017. Paul Joseph Watson, Alex Jones's British mini-me, has followed the same broad path that the rest of the organization has. He was never on the left, of course, but over time his commentary has focused less and less on the Illuminati and chemtrails, and more and more on pushing a stridently anti-Muslim, anti-feminist and anti-left message.
45. Winters, Jeremy (November 11, 2020). "Tucker Carlson Dared Question a Trump Lawyer. The Backlash Was Quick". The New York Times. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
46. Judd, Alan (December 18, 2020). "Amid personal turmoil, libel lawyer Lin Wood goes on the attack for Trump". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
47. Toles, Tom. "Opinion | Trump has a peculiar way of distancing" – via www.washingtonpost.com.