List of conspiracy theories promoted by Donald Trump

This article contains a list of conspiracy theories promoted by President Donald Trump.[1][2][3]

Conspiracies

• Alleged actions by Muslims as claimed by Britain First[1][4]
• Belief that vaccines cause autism[1][2]
• Barack Obama birther conspiracy theories[1][2]
• Climate change denial[1]
• Clinton Body Count[1][5]
• Conspiracy theories related to the Trump–Ukraine scandal[6][7][8]
• Coronavirus conspiracy theories[9][10][11]
• Deep state in the United States[12]
• Death of Jeffrey Epstein[13]
• Suicide of Vince Foster[1]
• Global warming conspiracy theory[1][2]
• Hurricane Maria death toll controversy[1][2]
• Joe Scarborough murder conspiracy[1][14][15]
• QAnon[16]
• Murder of Seth Rich[17]
• Obamagate – term ascribed in May 2020 to nebulous claims concerning the case of Michael Flynn and alleged unauthorized surveillance of Flynn and others.[18][19]
• Russia investigation origins counter-narrative[1][3][6]
• Spygate[3][20]
• Syrian refugee as ISIS members conspiracy[1]
• Trump Tower wiretapping allegations[1][2]
• Voter impersonation[1][2]
• White genocide[21][22][23] and Great Replacement[24] conspiracy theories
• Windmills cause cancer[1][2]

Commentaries

The flow of debunked or unproven conspiracy theories advanced by Trump have been commented on and made fun of by journalists, cartoonists[25] and others.

See also

• Veracity of statements by Donald Trump

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. Matthews, Dylan (November 14, 2019). "#ClintonBodyCount and Jeffrey Epstein, explained". Vox. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
6. Nicholas, Peter (November 29, 2019). "Why Trump Loves – And Depends on – Conspiracy Theories". The Atlantic. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
7. 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.
8. Benen, Steve (May 11, 2020). "The political significance of Trump's odd new conspiracy theory". MSNBC. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
9. "Trump, aides flirt with China lab coronavirus conspiracy theory". Al Jazeera. April 17, 2020. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
10. Oh, Inae (February 28, 2020). "Trump and His Allies Are Pushing an Outrageous Coronavirus Conspiracy Theory". Mother Jones. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
11. Levin, Bess (February 27, 2020). "Trump Supporters Have a Predictably Insane Coronavirus Conspiracy Theory". Vanity Fair. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
12. Cillizza, Chris (February 14, 2020). "Donald Trump's 'Deep State' conspiracy theory just took a big hit". CNN Politics. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
13. Beggin, Riley (August 11, 2019). "Trump retweets conspiracy claiming Bill Clinton killed Jeffrey Epstein". Vox. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
14. Forgey, Quint (May 12, 2020). "Trump promotes conspiracy theory accusing TV show host of murder". Politico. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
15. https://thehill.com/homenews/media/499366-trump-ramps-up-twitter-push-on-unfounded-scarborough-conspiracy-theory
16. Kunzelman, Michael (February 9, 2020). "'QAnon' conspiracy theory creeps into mainstream politics". AP News. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
17. Calderone, Michael (January 8, 2017). "Trump Linked To Fox News' Bogus Seth Rich Story, Lawsuit Alleges". HuffPost. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
18. "'Obamagate': Fox News helping Trump turn conspiracy theory into 2020 version of Clinton's emails". May 19, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
19. "The absurd cynicism of 'Obamagate'". May 16, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
20. 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.
21. 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"
22. "South Africa blasts Trump over racially divisive tweet". Associated Press. August 23, 2018.
23. "'Dangerous and poisoned': Critics blast Trump for endorsing white nationalist conspiracy theory on South Africa". The Washington Post. August 23, 2018.
24. "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.
25. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/24/trump-has-peculiar-way-distancing/