Donald Trump

== Public image ==
{{Main|Public image of Donald Trump}}

=== Scholarly assessment and public approval surveys ===
{{Further|Opinion polling on the Donald Trump administration|Historical rankings of presidents of the United States}}

[[C-SPAN]] ranked Trump fourth-lowest overall in their [[Historical rankings of presidents of the United States#2021 C-SPAN|Presidential Historians Survey 2021]], with Trump rated lowest in the leadership characteristics categories for moral authority and administrative skills.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|last=Sheehey|first=Maeve|date=June 30, 2021|title=Trump debuts at 41st in C-SPAN presidential rankings|work=[[Politico]]|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/30/trump-cspan-president-ranking-497184 |access-date=March 31, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Brockell|first=Gillian|title=Historians just ranked the presidents. Trump wasn't last.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/06/30/presidential-rankings-2021-cspan-historians/ |access-date=July 1, 2021|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=June 30, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/presidentsurvey2021/|title=Presidential Historians Survey 2021|work=[[C-SPAN]] |access-date=June 30, 2021}}</ref> The [[Siena College Research Institute]]'s 2022 survey [[Historical rankings of presidents of the United States#2022 Siena College|ranked Trump]] 43rd out of 45 presidents. He was ranked last on background, integrity, intelligence, foreign policy accomplishments, and executive appointments, and second-last on ability to compromise, executive ability, and present overall view. He was ranked near the bottom in all categories except for luck, willingness to take risks, and party leadership.<ref name="scri_22">{{cite web|url=https://scri.siena.edu/2022/06/22/american-presidents-greatest-and-worst/|title=American Presidents: Greatest and Worst|publisher=[[Siena College Research Institute]]|date=June 22, 2022|access-date=July 11, 2022}}</ref>

Trump was the only president never to reach a 50 percent approval rating in the Gallup poll dating to 1938. His approval ratings showed a record-high partisan gap: 88 percent among Republicans and 7 percent among Democrats.<ref name="Jones">{{cite web|first=Jeffrey M.|last=Jones|title=Last Trump Job Approval 34%; Average Is Record-Low 41%|url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/328637/last-trump-job-approval-average-record-low.aspx|work=[[Gallup (company)|Gallup]]|date=January 18, 2021|access-date=October 3, 2021}}</ref> Until September 2020, the ratings were unusually stable, reaching a high of 49 percent and a low of 35 percent.<ref>{{cite web|first=Ezra|last=Klein|url=https://www.vox.com/2020/9/2/21409364/trump-approval-rating-2020-election-voters-coronavirus-convention-polls|title=Can anything change Americans' minds about Donald Trump? The eerie stability of Trump's approval rating, explained.|work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|date=September 2, 2020|access-date=October 10, 2021}}</ref> Trump finished his term with an approval rating between 29 and 34 percent&mdash;the lowest of any president since modern polling began&mdash;and a record-low average of 41 percent throughout his presidency.<ref name="Jones" /><ref>{{cite web|first=Harry|last=Enten|url=https://cnn.com/2021/01/16/politics/trump-approval-analysis/|title=Trump finishes with worst first term approval rating ever|work=[[CNN]]|date=January 16, 2021|access-date=October 3, 2021}}</ref>

In [[Gallup's most admired man and woman poll|Gallup's annual poll]] asking Americans to name the man they admire the most, Trump placed second to Obama in 2017 and 2018, tied with Obama for first in 2019, and placed first in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/1678/most-admired-man-woman.aspx|title=Most Admired Man and Woman|work=[[Gallup (company)|Gallup]]|date=December 28, 2006 |access-date=October 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930212930/https://news.gallup.com/poll/1678/most-admired-man-woman.aspx |archive-date=September 30, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/531906-trump-ends-obamas-12-year-run-as-most-admired-man-gallup|title=Trump ends Obama's 12-year run as most admired man: Gallup|last=Budryk|first=Zack|date=December 29, 2020|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date=December 31, 2020}}</ref> Since [[Gallup (company)|Gallup]] started conducting the poll in 1948, Trump is the first elected president not to be named most admired in his first year in office.<ref>{{cite web|last=Panetta|first=Grace|work=[[Business Insider]]|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-barack-obama-tie-2019-most-admired-man-gallup-2019-12|title=Donald Trump and Barack Obama are tied for 2019's most admired man in the US|date=December 30, 2019|access-date=July 24, 2020}}</ref>

A Gallup poll in 134 countries comparing the approval ratings of U.S. leadership between 2016 and 2017 found that Trump led Obama in job approval in only 29 countries, most of them non-democracies;<ref>{{cite web|last=Datta|first=Monti|title=3 countries where Trump is popular|url=http://theconversation.com/3-countries-where-trump-is-popular-120317|date=September 16, 2019|access-date=October 3, 2021|work=[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]]}}</ref> approval of U.S. leadership plummeted among allies and G7 countries. Overall ratings were similar to those in the last two years of the [[Presidency of George W. Bush|George W. Bush presidency]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Rating World Leaders: 2018 The U.S. vs. Germany, China and Russia|url=https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000161-0647-da3c-a371-867f6acc0001|publisher=[[Gallup (company)|Gallup]]|access-date=October 3, 2021}} Page 9</ref> By mid-2020, only 16 percent of international respondents to a 13-nation [[Pew Research]] poll expressed confidence in Trump, lower than Russia's [[Vladimir Putin]] and China's [[Xi Jinping]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wike|first1=Richard|last2=Fetterolf|first2=Janell|last3=Mordecai|first3=Mara|access-date=December 24, 2020|title=U.S. Image Plummets Internationally as Most Say Country Has Handled Coronavirus Badly|work=[[Pew Research Center]]|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/09/15/us-image-plummets-internationally-as-most-say-country-has-handled-coronavirus-badly/|date=September 15, 2020}}</ref>

=== False or misleading statements ===
{{See also|False or misleading statements by Donald Trump|Big lie#Donald Trump's false claims of a stolen election}}
[[File:2017- Donald Trump veracity - composite graph.png|thumb|upright=1.5|[[Fact-checkers]] from ''The Washington Post'',<ref name="database">{{cite news|title=In four years, President Trump made 30,573 false or misleading claims|first1=Glenn|last1=Kessler|first2=Meg|last2=Kelly|first3=Salvador|last3=Rizzo|first4=Michelle Ye Hee|last4=Lee|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=January 20, 2021|access-date=October 11, 2021}}</ref> the ''Toronto Star'',<ref>{{cite web|last=Dale|first=Daniel|author-link=Daniel Dale|title=Donald Trump has now said more than 5,000 false things as president|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/analysis/2019/06/05/donald-trump-has-now-said-more-than-5000-false-claims-as-president.html|work=[[Toronto Star]]|date=June 5, 2019|access-date=October 11, 2021}}</ref> and CNN<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dale|first1=Daniel |author-link=Daniel Dale|last2=Subramiam|first2=Tara|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/09/politics/fact-check-trump-false-claims-february/index.html|title=Fact check: Donald Trump made 115 false claims in the last two weeks of February|work=[[CNN]]|date=March 9, 2020|access-date=November 1, 2023}}</ref> compiled data on "false or misleading claims" (orange background), and "false claims" (violet foreground), respectively.|alt=Chart depicting false or misleading claims made by Trump]]

As a candidate and as president, Trump frequently made false statements in public remarks<ref name="finnegan" /><ref name="whoppers" /> to an extent unprecedented in [[American politics]].<ref name=Glasser-180803>{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/trumps-escalating-war-on-the-truth-is-on-purpose|title=It's True: Trump Is Lying More, and He's Doing It on Purpose|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date=August 3, 2018|access-date=January 10, 2019|first=Susan B.|last=Glasser|author-link=Susan Glasser}}</ref><ref name=Konnikova>{{cite web|last=Konnikova|first=Maria|author-link=Maria Konnikova|title=Trump's Lies vs. Your Brain|work=[[Politico]]|date=January 20, 2017|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/donald-trump-lies-liar-effect-brain-214658|access-date=March 31, 2018}}</ref> His falsehoods became a distinctive part of his political identity.<ref name=Glasser-180803/>

Trump's false and misleading statements were documented by [[fact-checker]]s, including at ''The Washington Post'', which tallied 30,573 false or misleading statements made by Trump over his four-year term.<ref name="database" /> Trump's falsehoods increased in frequency over time, rising from about six false or misleading claims per day in his first year as president to 39 per day in his final year.<ref name=TermUntruth>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/timeline-trump-claims-as-president/|title=A term of untruths: The longer Trump was president, the more frequently he made false or misleading claims|date=January 23, 2021|access-date=October 11, 2021|first1=Glenn|last1=Kessler|first2=Meg|last2=Kelly|first3=Salvador|last3=Rizzo|first4=Leslie|last4=Shapiro|first5=Leo|last5=Dominguez|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>

Some of Trump's falsehoods were inconsequential, such as his claim of the "biggest inaugural crowd ever".<ref>{{cite web|title=Donald Trump had biggest inaugural crowd ever? Metrics don't show it|work=[[PolitiFact]]|date=January 21, 2017|first=Linda|last=Qiu|url=http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/jan/21/sean-spicer/trump-had-biggest-inaugural-crowd-ever-metrics-don/|access-date=March 30, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Rein|first=Lisa|title=Here are the photos that show Obama's inauguration crowd was bigger than Trump's|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=March 6, 2017|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/03/06/here-are-the-photos-that-show-obamas-inauguration-crowd-was-bigger-than-trumps/|access-date=March 8, 2017}}</ref> Others had more far-reaching effects, such as his promotion of unproven antimalarial drugs as a treatment for COVID-19,<ref>{{cite web|last=Wong|first=Julia Carrie|author-link=Julia Carrie Wong|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/06/hydroxychloroquine-trump-coronavirus-drug|title=Hydroxychloroquine: how an unproven drug became Trump's coronavirus 'miracle cure'|date=April 7, 2020|work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=June 25, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Spring|first=Marianna|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-52731624|title=Coronavirus: The human cost of virus misinformation|date=May 27, 2020|work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=June 13, 2020}}</ref> causing a U.S. shortage of these drugs and [[panic-buying]] in Africa and South Asia.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rowland|first=Christopher|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/20/hospitals-doctors-are-wiping-out-supplies-an-unproven-coronavirus-treatment/|title=As Trump touts an unproven coronavirus treatment, supplies evaporate for patients who need those drugs|date=March 23, 2020|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=March 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Parkinson|first1=Joe|last2=Gauthier-Villars|first2=David|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-claim-that-malaria-drugs-treat-coronavirus-sparks-warnings-shortages-11584981897|title=Trump Claim That Malaria Drugs Treat Coronavirus Sparks Warnings, Shortages|date=March 23, 2020|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=March 26, 2020|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Other misinformation, such as misattributing a rise in crime in [[England and Wales]] to the "spread of radical Islamic terror", served Trump's domestic political purposes.<ref>{{cite web|last=Zurcher|first=Anthony|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42171550|title=Trump's anti-Muslim retweet fits a pattern|date=November 29, 2017|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=June 13, 2020}}</ref> As a matter of principle, Trump does not apologize for his falsehoods.<ref>{{cite web|last=Allen|first=Jonathan|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/does-being-president-trump-still-mean-never-having-say-you-n952841|title=Does being President Trump still mean never having to say you're sorry?|date=December 31, 2018|work=[[NBC News]]|access-date=June 14, 2020}}</ref>

Until 2018, the media rarely referred to Trump's falsehoods as lies, including when he repeated demonstrably false statements.<ref>{{cite web|last=Greenberg|first=David|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/the-perils-of-calling-trump-a-liar-214704|title=The Perils of Calling Trump a Liar|date=January 28, 2017|work=[[Politico]]|access-date=June 13, 2020}}</ref><ref name="DBauder">{{cite web|last=Bauder|first=David|url=https://apnews.com/8d3c7387eff7496abcd0651124caf891|title=News media hesitate to use 'lie' for Trump's misstatements|date=August 29, 2018|work=[[Associated Press]]|access-date=September 27, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Farhi|first=Paul|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/lies-the-news-media-is-starting-to-describe-trumps-falsehoods-that-way/2019/06/05/413cc2a0-8626-11e9-a491-25df61c78dc4_story.html|title=Lies? The news media is starting to describe Trump’s ‘falsehoods’ that way.|date=June 5, 2019|work=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=April 11, 2024}}</ref><ref name="DBauder"/>

In 2020, Trump was a significant source of disinformation on mail-in voting and the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="USAT-Disinfo">{{cite web|last=Guynn|first=Jessica|url=https://usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/10/05/trump-covid-19-coronavirus-disinformation-facebook-twitter-election/3632194001/|title=From COVID-19 to voting: Trump is nation's single largest spreader of disinformation, studies say|date=October 5, 2020|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=October 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Bergengruen|first1=Vera|last2=Hennigan|first2=W.J.|url=https://time.com/5896709/trump-covid-campaign/|title='You're Gonna Beat It.' How Donald Trump's COVID-19 Battle Has Only Fueled Misinformation|date=October 6, 2020|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=October 7, 2020}}</ref> His attacks on mail-in ballots and other election practices served to weaken public faith in the integrity of the 2020 presidential election,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/25/donald-trump-rigged-election-talk-fears-274477|title=Trump sees a 'rigged election' ahead. Democrats see a constitutional crisis in the making.|last=Siders|first=David|date=May 25, 2020|work=[[Politico]]|access-date=October 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Riccardi|first=Nicholas|url=https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-election-2020-ap-fact-check-elections-voting-fraud-and-irregularities-8c5db90960815f91f39fe115579570b4|title=AP Fact Check: Trump's big distortions on mail-in voting|date=September 17, 2020|work=[[AP News]]|access-date=October 7, 2020}}</ref> while his disinformation about the pandemic delayed and weakened the national response to it.<ref name="NYT 4 11 20" /><ref name="USAT-Disinfo" />

=== Promotion of conspiracy theories ===
{{Main|List of conspiracy theories promoted by Donald Trump}}
Before and throughout his presidency, Trump promoted numerous conspiracy theories, including [[Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories|Obama birtherism]], the [[Clinton body count conspiracy theory]], the conspiracy theory movement [[QAnon]], the [[Global warming conspiracy theory|Global warming hoax]] theory, [[Trump Tower wiretapping allegations]], a [[John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories|John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theory]] involving [[Rafael Cruz]], linking talk show host [[Joe Scarborough]] to the death of a staffer,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Baker|first1=Peter|author-link1=Peter Baker (journalist)|last2=Astor|first2=Maggie|date=May 26, 2020|access-date=October 11, 2021|title=Trump Pushes a Conspiracy Theory That Falsely Accuses a TV Host of Murder|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/us/politics/klausutis-letter-jack-dorsey.html}}</ref> alleged foul-play in the death of Justice [[Antonin Scalia]], [[Conspiracy theories related to the Trump–Ukraine scandal|alleged Ukrainian interference in U.S. elections]], and that [[Osama bin Laden death conspiracy theories|Osama bin Laden was alive]] and Obama and Biden had members of [[Navy SEAL Team 6]] killed.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fichera|first1=Angelo|last2=Spencer|first2=Saranac Hale|url=https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/trumps-long-history-with-conspiracy-theories/|title=Trump's Long History With Conspiracy Theories|work=[[FactCheck.org]]|date=October 20, 2020 |access-date=September 15, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cnn.com/2020/10/15/politics/donald-trump-osama-bin-laden-conspiracy-theory-fact-check/|title=Fact-checking the dangerous bin Laden conspiracy theory that Trump touted|first1=Tara|last1=Subramaniam|first2=Holmes|last2=Lybrand|work=[[CNN]]|date=October 15, 2020 |access-date=October 11, 2021}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|last=Haberman|first=Maggie|author-link=Maggie Haberman|date=February 29, 2016|access-date=October 11, 2021|title=Even as He Rises, Donald Trump Entertains Conspiracy Theories|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/us/politics/donald-trump-conspiracy-theories.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bump|first=Philip|date=November 26, 2019|access-date=October 11, 2021|title=President Trump loves conspiracy theories. Has he ever been right?|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/26/president-trump-loves-conspiracy-theories-has-he-ever-been-right/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cnn.com/2020/07/02/politics/trump-conspiracy-theorists-qanon/|title=The Conspiracy-Theorist-in-Chief clears the way for fringe candidates to become mainstream|first=Maeve|last=Reston|work=[[CNN]]|date=July 2, 2020|access-date=October 11, 2021}}</ref> In at least two instances, Trump clarified to press that he believed the conspiracy theory in question.<ref name=":0" />

During and since the 2020 presidential election, Trump has promoted various conspiracy theories for his defeat including dead people voting,<ref>{{cite web|title=The dead voter conspiracy theory peddled by Trump voters, debunked|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/18/dead-voter-conspiracy-theory-debunked|work=[[The Guardian]]|first=Tom|last=Perkins|date=November 18, 2020|access-date=October 11, 2021}}</ref> voting machines changing or deleting Trump votes, fraudulent mail-in voting, throwing out Trump votes, and "finding" suitcases full of Biden votes.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cohen|first=Li|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/presidential-election-2020-conspiracy-theories-debunked/|title=6 conspiracy theories about the 2020 election – debunked|work=[[CBS News]]|date=January 15, 2021 |access-date=September 13, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=McEvoy|first=Jemima|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/12/17/these-are-the-voter-fraud-claims-trump-tried-and-failed-to-overturn-the-election-with/|title=These Are The Voter Fraud Claims Trump Tried (And Failed) To Overturn The Election With|work=[[Forbes]]|date=December 17, 2020|access-date=September 13, 2021}}</ref>

=== Incitement of violence ===
Research suggests Trump's rhetoric caused an increased incidence of hate crimes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/7d0949974b1648a2bb592cab1f85aa16|title=Trump words linked to more hate crime? Some experts think so|last1=Kunzelman|first1=Michael|last2=Galvan|first2=Astrid|date=August 7, 2019|access-date=October 7, 2021|work=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/22/trumps-rhetoric-does-inspire-more-hate-crimes/|title=Analysis &#124; Counties that hosted a 2016 Trump rally saw a 226 percent increase in hate crimes|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=March 22, 2019|access-date=October 7, 2021|first1=Ayal|last1=Feinberg|first2=Regina|last2=Branton|first3=Valerie|last3=Martinez-Ebers}}</ref> During his 2016 campaign, he urged or praised physical attacks against protesters or reporters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://time.com/4203094/donald-trump-hecklers/|title=Donald Trump Tells Crowd To "Knock the Crap Out Of" Hecklers|last=White|first=Daniel|date=February 1, 2016|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=August 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/claudiakoerner/trump-gianforte-congressman-assault-journalist-montana|title=Trump Thinks It's Totally Cool That A Congressman Assaulted A Journalist For Asking A Question|last=Koerner|first=Claudia|date=October 18, 2018|work=[[BuzzFeed News]]|access-date=October 19, 2018}}</ref> Numerous defendants investigated or prosecuted for violent acts and hate crimes, including participants of the January 6, 2021, storming of the U.S. Capitol, cited Trump's rhetoric in arguing that they were not culpable or should receive leniency.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/08/donald-trump-domestic-terrorism-el-paso|title="The President of the United States Says It's Okay": The Rise of the Trump Defense|last=Tracy|first=Abigail|date=August 8, 2019|access-date=October 7, 2021|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=Rosalind S.|last1=Helderman|first2=Spencer S.|last2=Hsu|first3=Rachel|last3=Weiner|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-rioters-testimony/2021/01/16/01b3d5c6-575b-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html|title='Trump said to do so': Accounts of rioters who say the president spurred them to rush the Capitol could be pivotal testimony|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=January 16, 2021 |access-date=September 27, 2021}}</ref> A nationwide review by ABC News in May 2020 identified at least 54 criminal cases from August 2015 to April 2020 in which Trump was invoked in direct connection with violence or threats of violence mostly by white men and primarily against minorities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/blame-abc-news-finds-17-cases-invoking-trump/story?id=58912889|title='No Blame?' ABC News finds 54 cases invoking 'Trump' in connection with violence, threats, alleged assaults.|date=May 30, 2020|first=Mike|last=Levine|work=[[ABC News]]|access-date=February 4, 2021}}</ref>

=== Social media ===
{{Main|Social media use by Donald Trump}}
Trump's social media presence attracted worldwide attention after he joined Twitter in 2009. He tweeted frequently during the 2016 election campaign and as president until Twitter banned him in the final days of his term.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Kate|last1=Conger|first2=Mike|last2=Isaac|title=Inside Twitter's Decision to Cut Off Trump|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 16, 2021|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/technology/twitter-donald-trump-jack-dorsey.html|access-date=October 10, 2021}}</ref> Trump often used Twitter to communicate directly with the public and sideline the press.<ref name="gone">{{cite web|first1=Aamer|last1=Madhani|first2=Jill|last2=Colvin|title=A farewell to @realDonaldTrump, gone after 57,000 tweets|work=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://apnews.com/article/twitter-donald-trump-ban-cea450b1f12f4ceb8984972a120018d5|date=January 9, 2021|access-date=October 10, 2021}}</ref> In June 2017, a White House press secretary said that Trump's tweets were official presidential statements.<ref>{{cite web|last=Landers|first=Elizabeth|date=June 6, 2017|title=White House: Trump's tweets are 'official statements'|work=[[CNN]]|url=http://cnn.com/2017/06/06/politics/trump-tweets-official-statements/|access-date=October 10, 2021}}</ref> Trump often announced terminations of administration officials over Twitter.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Diehm|first1=Jan|last2=Petulla|first2=Sam|last3=Wolf|first3=Zachary B.|title=Who has left Trump's administration and orbit?|url=https://cnn.com/interactive/2017/08/politics/trump-admin-departures-trnd/|work=[[CNN]]|date=October 21, 2019|access-date=October 10, 2021}}</ref>

After years of criticism for allowing Trump to post misinformation and falsehoods, Twitter began to tag some of his tweets with fact-checking warnings in May 2020.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dwoskin|first=Elizabeth|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/05/26/trump-twitter-label-fact-check/|title=Twitter labels Trump's tweets with a fact check for the first time|date=May 27, 2020|access-date=July 7, 2020|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> In response, Trump tweeted that "Social Media Platforms totally silence conservative[] voices" and that he would "strongly regulate[] or close them down".<ref>{{cite news|last=Dwoskin|first=Elizabeth|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/05/27/trump-twitter-label/|title=Trump lashes out at social media companies after Twitter labels tweets with fact checks|date=May 27, 2020|access-date=May 28, 2020|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> In the days after the storming of the Capitol, Trump was banned from [[Facebook]], [[Instagram]], Twitter and other platforms.<ref>{{cite web|date=January 11, 2021|title=All the platforms that have banned or restricted Trump so far|last1=Fischer|first1=Sara|last2=Gold|first2=Ashley|url=https://www.axios.com/platforms-social-media-ban-restrict-trump-d9e44f3c-8366-4ba9-a8a1-7f3114f920f1.html |access-date=January 16, 2021|work=[[Axios (website)|Axios]]}}</ref> The loss of his social media presence diminished his ability to shape events<ref>{{cite news|last=Timberg|first=Craig|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/14/trump-twitter-megaphone/|title=Twitter ban reveals that tech companies held keys to Trump's power all along|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=January 14, 2021 |access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Alba|first1=Davey|last2=Koeze|first2=Ella|last3=Silver|first3=Jacob|date=June 7, 2021|title=What Happened When Trump Was Banned on Social Media|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/06/07/technology/trump-social-media-ban.html |access-date=December 21, 2023}}</ref> and prompted a dramatic decrease in the volume of misinformation shared on Twitter.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dwoskin|first1=Elizabeth|last2=Timberg|first2=Craig|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/16/misinformation-trump-twitter/|title=Misinformation dropped dramatically the week after Twitter banned Trump and some allies|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=January 16, 2021 |access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref> Trump's early attempts to re-establish a social media presence were unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/06/02/trump-blog-dead/|title=Trump ends blog after 29 days, infuriated by measly readership|last1=Harwell|first1=Drew|last2=Dawsey|first2=Josh|date=June 2, 2021|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=December 29, 2021}}</ref> In February 2022, he launched social media platform [[Truth Social]] where he only attracted a fraction of his Twitter following.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Harwell|first1=Drew|last2=Dawsey|first2=Josh|date=November 7, 2022|title=Trump once reconsidered sticking with Truth Social. Now he's stuck.|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/07/trump-once-reconsidered-sticking-with-truth-social-now-hes-stuck/ |access-date=May 7, 2023}}</ref> [[Elon Musk]], the new owner of Twitter, reinstated Trump's Twitter account in November 2022.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mac|first1=Ryan|last2=Browning|first2=Kellen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/19/technology/trump-twitter-musk.html|title=Elon Musk Reinstates Trump's Twitter Account|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 19, 2022|access-date=November 21, 2022}}</ref>

=== Relationship with the press ===
{{Further|Presidency of Donald Trump#Relationship with the news media}}
[[File:President Trump's First 100 Days- 45 (33573172373).jpg|thumb|Trump talking to the press, March 2017|alt=Trump, seated at the Resolute Desk in the White House, speaking to a crowd of reporters with boom microphones in front of him and public officials behind him]]
Trump sought media attention throughout his career, sustaining a "love–hate" relationship with the press.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385245-trumps-love-hate-relationship-with-the-press|title=Trump's love-hate relationship with the press|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=April 28, 2018|access-date=July 4, 2018|last=Parnes|first=Amie}}</ref> In the 2016 campaign, Trump benefited from a record amount of free media coverage, elevating his standing in the Republican primaries.<ref name=Cillizza-160614 /> ''The New York Times'' writer [[Amy Chozick]] wrote in 2018 that Trump's media dominance enthralled the public and created "must-see TV."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/sunday-review/trump-2020-reality-tv.html|title=Why Trump Will Win a Second Term|last=Chozick|first=Amy|author-link=Amy Chozick|date=September 29, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 22, 2019}}</ref>

As a candidate and as president, Trump frequently accused the press of bias, calling it the "fake news media" and "the [[enemy of the people]]".<ref>{{cite web|first1=Marc|last1=Hetherington|author-link1=Marc Hetherington|first2=Jonathan M.|last2=Ladd|title=Destroying trust in the media, science, and government has left America vulnerable to disaster|date=May 1, 2020|access-date=October 11, 2021|url=https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/05/01/destroying-trust-in-the-media-science-and-government-has-left-america-vulnerable-to-disaster/|publisher=[[Brookings Institution]]}}</ref> In 2018, journalist [[Lesley Stahl]] recounted Trump's saying he intentionally discredited the media "so when you write negative stories about me no one will believe you".<ref>{{cite web|last=Thomsen|first=Jacqueline|title='60 Minutes' correspondent: Trump said he attacks the press so no one believes negative coverage|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/388855-60-minutes-correspondent-trump-said-he-attacks-the-press-so-no-one|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=May 22, 2018|access-date=May 23, 2018}}</ref>

As president, Trump mused about revoking the press credentials of journalists he viewed as critical.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cnn.com/2018/05/09/media/president-trump-press-credentials/|title=Trump's latest shot at the press corps: 'Take away credentials?'|first1=Brian|last1=Stelter|author-link1=Brian Stelter|first2=Kaitlan|last2=Collins|author-link2=Kaitlan Collins|work=[[CNN Money]]|date=May 9, 2018|access-date=May 9, 2018|archive-date=October 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008122415/https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/09/media/president-trump-press-credentials/|url-status=dead}}</ref> His administration moved to revoke the press passes of two White House reporters, which were restored by the courts.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/30/business/media/trump-media-2019.html|title=After Another Year of Trump Attacks, 'Ominous Signs' for the American Press|first=Michael M.|last=Grynbaum|date=December 30, 2019|access-date=October 11, 2021|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The Trump White House held about a hundred formal press briefings in 2017, declining by half during 2018 and to two in 2019.<ref name="auto2" />

Trump also deployed the legal system to intimidate the press.<ref name="Atlantic_Press">{{cite web|work=[[The Atlantic]]|date=March 11, 2020|first1=Joshua A.|last1=Geltzer|first2=Neal K.|last2=Katyal|title=The True Danger of the Trump Campaign's Defamation Lawsuits|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/true-danger-trump-campaigns-libel-lawsuits/607753/|access-date=October 1, 2020}}</ref> In early 2020, the Trump campaign sued ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', and CNN for defamation in opinion pieces about Russian election interference.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[NPR]]|date=March 3, 2020|access-date=October 11, 2021|first=David|last=Folkenflik|author-link=David Folkenflik|title=Trump 2020 Sues 'Washington Post,' Days After 'N.Y. Times' Defamation Suit|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/03/03/811735554/trump-2020-sues-washington-post-days-after-ny-times-defamation-suit}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=[[Fox News]]|date=March 6, 2020|access-date=October 11, 2021|first1=Brian|last1=Flood|first2=Brooke|last2=Singman|title=Trump campaign sues CNN over 'false and defamatory' statements, seeks millions in damages|url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-campaign-sues-cnn-false-defamatory-statements-millions-damages.amp}}</ref> Legal experts said that the lawsuits lacked merit and were not likely to succeed.<ref name="Atlantic_Press" /><ref>{{cite web|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=March 8, 2020|first=Justin|last=Wise|title=Trump escalates fight against press with libel lawsuits|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/486273-trump-escalates-fight-against-press-with-libel-lawsuits|access-date=October 1, 2020}}</ref> By March 2021, the lawsuits against ''The New York Times'' and CNN had been dismissed.<ref>{{cite web|last=Darcy|first=Oliver|url=https://cnn.com/2020/11/12/media/trump-campaign-cnn-lawsuit-dismissed/|title=Judge dismisses Trump campaign's lawsuit against CNN|work=[[CNN]]|date=November 12, 2020 |access-date=June 7, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Adam|last=Klasfeld|url=https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/new-york-times-beats-the-trump-campaigns-defamation-suit-over-russia-editorial/|title=Judge Throws Out Trump Campaign's Defamation Lawsuit Against New York Times Over Russia 'Quid Pro Quo' Op-Ed|date=March 9, 2021 |access-date=October 11, 2021|work=[[Law and Crime]]}}</ref>

=== Racial views ===
{{Main|Racial views of Donald Trump}}
Many of Trump's comments and actions have been considered racist.<ref>Multiple sources:
* {{cite web|work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|last=Lopez|first=German|title=Donald Trump's long history of racism, from the 1970s to 2019|url=https://www.vox.com/2016/7/25/12270880/donald-trump-racist-racism-history|access-date=June 15, 2019|date=February 14, 2019}}
* {{cite news|first=Lisa|last=Desjardins|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/every-moment-donald-trumps-long-complicated-history-race|title=Every moment in Trump's charged relationship with race|date=January 12, 2018|work=[[PBS NewsHour]]|access-date=January 13, 2018}}
* {{cite news|last=Dawsey|first=Josh|author-link=Josh Dawsey|title=Trump's history of making offensive comments about nonwhite immigrants|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=January 11, 2018|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-attacks-protections-for-immigrants-from-shithole-countries-in-oval-office-meeting/2018/01/11/bfc0725c-f711-11e7-91af-31ac729add94_story.html|access-date=January 11, 2018}}
* {{cite news|title=Trump's 'shithole' comment denounced across the globe|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/12/trump-shithole-comment-reaction-337926|access-date=January 13, 2018|work=[[Politico]]|date=January 12, 2018|first=Aubree Eliza|last=Weaver|ref={{harvid|Weaver|2018b}}}}
* {{cite news|last1=Stoddard|first1=Ed|last2=Mfula|first2=Chris|title=Africa calls Trump racist after 'shithole' remark|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-reaction/africa-calls-trump-racist-after-shithole-remark-idUSKBN1F11VC|access-date=October 1, 2019|work=[[Reuters]]|date=January 12, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2019/jul/30/trump-claims-least-racist-person-in-the-world|title=Trump: 'I am the least racist person there is anywhere in the world' – video|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=July 30, 2019 |access-date=November 29, 2021}}</ref> In national polling, about half of respondents said that Trump is racist; a greater proportion believed that he emboldened racists.<ref>{{cite news|first=William|last=Cummins|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/31/donald-trump-racist-majority-say-quinnipiac-university-poll/1877168001/|title=A majority of voters say President Donald Trump is a racist, Quinnipiac University poll finds|work=[[USA Today]]|date=July 31, 2019|access-date=December 21, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://poll.qu.edu/Poll-Release-Legacy?releaseid=2554|title=Harsh Words For U.S. Family Separation Policy, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Voters Have Dim View Of Trump, Dems On Immigration|publisher=[[Quinnipiac University Polling Institute]]|date=July 3, 2018|access-date=July 5, 2018}}</ref> Several studies and surveys found that racist attitudes fueled Trump's political ascent and were more important than economic factors in determining the allegiance of Trump voters.<ref>{{cite news|title=Economic Anxiety Didn't Make People Vote Trump, Racism Did|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/economic-anxiety-didnt-make-people-vote-trump-racism-did/|access-date=January 13, 2018|work=[[The Nation]]|date=May 8, 2017|first1=Sean|last1=McElwee|first2=Jason|last2=McDaniel}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The past year of research has made it very clear: Trump won because of racial resentment|url=https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/12/15/16781222/trump-racism-economic-anxiety-study|access-date=January 14, 2018|work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|date=December 15, 2017|first=German|last=Lopez}}</ref> Racist and [[Islamophobic]] attitudes are a powerful indicator of support for Trump.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Lajevardi|first1=Nazita|last2=Oskooii|first2=Kassra A. R.|year=2018|title=Old-Fashioned Racism, Contemporary Islamophobia, and the Isolation of Muslim Americans in the Age of Trump|journal=Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics|volume=3|issue=1|pages=112–152|doi=10.1017/rep.2017.37}}</ref>

In 1975, he settled a 1973 Department of Justice lawsuit that alleged [[housing discrimination]] against black renters.<ref name=Mahler /> He has also been accused of racism for insisting a group of black and Latino teenagers were guilty of raping a white woman in the 1989 [[Central Park jogger case]], even after they were exonerated by DNA evidence in 2002. As of 2019, he maintained this position.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bohlen|first=Celestine|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/18/nyregion/central-park-five-trump.html|title=The Park Attack, Weeks Later: An Anger That Will Not Let Go|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 12, 1989|access-date=March 5, 2024}}</ref>

In 2011, when he was reportedly considering a presidential run, he became the leading proponent of the racist [[Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories|"birther" conspiracy theory]], alleging that Barack Obama, the first black U.S. president, was not born in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web|last=John|first=Arit|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-06-23/trump-obamagate-birtherism-false-allegations|title=From birtherism to 'treason': Trump's false allegations against Obama|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=June 23, 2020|access-date=February 17, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Farley|first=Robert|url=https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/feb/14/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-people-who-went-school-obama-nev/|title=Donald Trump says people who went to school with Obama never saw him|work=[[PolitiFact]]|date=February 14, 2011|access-date=January 31, 2020}}</ref> In April, he claimed credit for pressuring the White House to publish the "long-form" birth certificate, which he considered fraudulent, and later said this made him "very popular".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-takes-credit-for-obama-birth-certificate-release-but-wonders-is-it-real/|title=Trump takes credit for Obama birth certificate release, but wonders 'is it real?'|last=Madison|first=Lucy|date=April 27, 2011|access-date=May 9, 2011|work=[[CBS News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trumps-history-raising-birther-questions-president-obama/story?id=33861832|title=Donald Trump's History of Raising Birther Questions About President Obama|work=[[ABC News]]|last=Keneally|first=Meghan|date=September 18, 2015|access-date=August 27, 2016}}</ref> In September 2016, amid pressure, he acknowledged that Obama was born in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Trump Drops False 'Birther' Theory, but Floats a New One: Clinton Started It|first1=Maggie|last1=Haberman|author-link1=Maggie Haberman|first2=Alan|last2=Rappeport|author-link2=Alan Rappeport|date=September 16, 2016|access-date=October 12, 2021|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/us/politics/donald-trump-birther-obama.html}}</ref> In 2017, he reportedly expressed birther views privately.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Haberman|first1=Maggie|author-link1=Maggie Haberman|last2=Martin|first2=Jonathan|author-link2=Jonathan Martin (journalist)|date=November 28, 2017|title=Trump Once Said the 'Access Hollywood' Tape Was Real. Now He's Not Sure.|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/us/politics/trump-access-hollywood-tape.html|access-date=June 11, 2020}}</ref>

According to an analysis in ''[[Political Science Quarterly]]'', Trump made "explicitly racist appeals to whites" during his 2016 presidential campaign.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Schaffner|first1=Brian F.|author-link1=Brian Schaffner|last2=Macwilliams|first2=Matthew|last3=Nteta|first3=Tatishe|title=Understanding White Polarization in the 2016 Vote for President: The Sobering Role of Racism and Sexism|journal=[[Political Science Quarterly]]|date=March 2018|volume=133|issue=1|pages=9–34|doi=10.1002/polq.12737|doi-access=free}}</ref> In particular, his campaign launch speech drew widespread criticism for claiming Mexican immigrants were "bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists".<ref>{{cite web|first=Katie|last=Reilly|title=Here Are All the Times Donald Trump Insulted Mexico|url=https://time.com/4473972/donald-trump-mexico-meeting-insult/|access-date=January 13, 2018|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=August 31, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Wolf|first=Z. Byron|url=https://cnn.com/2018/04/06/politics/trump-mexico-rapists/|title=Trump basically called Mexicans rapists again|work=[[CNN]]|date=April 6, 2018|access-date=June 28, 2022}}</ref> His later comments about a Mexican-American judge presiding over a civil suit regarding [[Trump University]] were also criticized as racist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/08/us/politics/paul-ryan-donald-trump-gonzalo-curiel.html|title=Paul Ryan Calls Donald Trump's Attack on Judge 'Racist', but Still Backs Him|date=June 7, 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]|first1=Jennifer|last1=Steinhauer|author-link1=Jennifer Steinhauer|first2=Jonathan|last2=Martin|author-link2=Jonathan Martin (journalist)|first3=David M.|last3=Herszenhorn|access-date=January 13, 2018}}</ref>
[[File:President Trump Gives a Statement on the Infrastructure Discussion.webm|thumb|start=13:11|Trump answers questions from reporters about the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.]]

Trump's comments on the 2017 [[Unite the Right rally]], condemning "this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides" and stating that there were "very fine people on both sides", were widely criticized as implying a [[moral equivalence]] between the [[white supremacist]] demonstrators and the counter-protesters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cnn.com/2017/08/15/politics/trump-charlottesville-delay/|title=Trump: 'Both sides' to blame for Charlottesville|last=Merica|first=Dan|date=August 26, 2017|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=January 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Jenna|last2=Wagner|first2=John|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-condemns-charlottesville-violence-but-doesnt-single-out-white-nationalists/2017/08/12/933a86d6-7fa3-11e7-9d08-b79f191668ed_story.html|title=Trump condemns Charlottesville violence but doesn't single out white nationalists|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=August 12, 2017|access-date=October 22, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kessler|first=Glenn|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/08/very-fine-people-charlottesville-who-were-they-2/|title=The 'very fine people' at Charlottesville: Who were they?|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=May 8, 2020|access-date=October 23, 2021}}</ref><ref name=KruzelCharlottesville>{{cite web|first=Angie Dobric|last=Holan|title=In Context: Donald Trump's 'very fine people on both sides' remarks (transcript)|url=https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/apr/26/context-trumps-very-fine-people-both-sides-remarks/|date=April 26, 2019|work=[[PolitiFact]]|access-date=October 22, 2021}}</ref>

In a January 2018 discussion of immigration legislation, Trump reportedly referred to El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, and African nations as "shithole countries".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2018/1/11/16880804/trump-shithole-countries-racism|title=Trump's "shithole countries" comment exposes the core of Trumpism|last=Beauchamp|first=Zack|date=January 11, 2018|work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|access-date=January 11, 2018}}</ref> His remarks were condemned as racist.<ref name="Weaver-2018">{{cite web|title=Trump's 'shithole' comment denounced across the globe|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/12/trump-shithole-comment-reaction-337926|access-date=January 13, 2018|work=[[Politico]]|date=January 12, 2018|first=Aubree Eliza|last=Weaver}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/12/unkind-divisive-elitist-international-outcry-over-trumps-shithole-countries-remark|title='There's no other word but racist': Trump's global rebuke for 'shithole' remark|date=January 13, 2018|work=[[The Guardian]]|first1=Patrick|last1=Wintour|author-link1=Patrick Wintour|first2=Jason|last2=Burke|author-link2=Jason Burke|first3=Anna|last3=Livsey|access-date=January 13, 2018}}</ref>

In July 2019, Trump tweeted that four Democratic congresswomen&mdash;all from minorities, three of whom are native-born Americans&mdash;should "[[Go back where you came from|go back]]" to the countries they "came from".<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 14, 2019|access-date=September 30, 2021|first1=Katie|last1=Rogers|first2=Nicholas|last2=Fandos|author-link2=Nicholas Fandos|title=Trump Tells Congresswomen to 'Go Back' to the Countries They Came From|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/14/us/politics/trump-twitter-squad-congress.html}}</ref> Two days later the House of Representatives voted 240&ndash;187, mostly along party lines, to condemn his "racist comments".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/07/16/742236610/condemnation-of-president-delayed-by-debate-can-lawmakers-call-trump-tweets-raci|title=House Votes To Condemn Trump's 'Racist Comments'|last=Mak|first=Tim|date=July 16, 2019|work=[[NPR]]|access-date=July 17, 2019}}</ref> [[White nationalist]] publications and social media praised his remarks, which continued over the following days.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cnn.com/2019/07/16/politics/white-supremacists-cheer-trump-racist-tweets-soh/|title=Trump said 'many people agree' with his racist tweets. These white supremacists certainly do.|last1=Simon|first1=Mallory|last2=Sidner|first2=Sara|author-link2=Sara Sidner|date=July 16, 2019|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=July 20, 2019}}</ref> Trump continued to make similar remarks during his 2020 campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/22/trump-attacks-ilhan-omar-420267|work=[[Politico]]|title='She's telling us how to run our country': Trump again goes after Ilhan Omar's Somali roots|date=September 22, 2020|access-date=October 12, 2021|first=Matthew|last=Choi}}</ref>

=== Misogyny and allegations of sexual misconduct ===
{{Main|Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations}}
Trump has a history of insulting and belittling women when speaking to media and on social media.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rothe|first1=Dawn L.|last2=Collins|first2=Victoria E.|date=November 17, 2019|title=Turning Back the Clock? Violence against Women and the Trump Administration|journal=Victims & Offenders|volume=14|issue=8|pages=965–978|doi=10.1080/15564886.2019.1671284}}</ref><ref name="demeans">{{cite web|first1=Michael D.|last1=Shear|author-link1=Michael D. Shear|first2=Eileen|last2=Sullivan|author-link2=Eileen Sullivan|title='Horseface,' 'Lowlife,' 'Fat, Ugly': How the President Demeans Women|date=October 16, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/us/politics/trump-women-insults.html|access-date=August 5, 2020}}</ref> He made lewd comments, disparaged women's physical appearances, and referred to them using derogatory epithets.<ref name="demeans"/><ref>{{cite web|first=Ritu|last=Prasad|title=How Trump talks about women – and does it matter?|date=November 29, 2019|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50563106|access-date=August 5, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Fieldstadt|first=Elisha|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-consistently-made-lewd-comments-howard-stern-show-n662581|title=Donald Trump Consistently Made Lewd Comments on 'The Howard Stern Show'|work=[[NBC News]]|date=October 9, 2016|access-date=November 27, 2020}}</ref> At least 26 women publicly accused Trump of rape, kissing, and groping without consent; looking under women's skirts; and walking in on naked teenage pageant contestants.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nelson|first1=Libby|last2=McGann|first2=Laura|title=E. Jean Carroll joins at least 21 other women in publicly accusing Trump of sexual assault or misconduct|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/21/18701098/trump-accusers-sexual-assault-rape-e-jean-carroll|access-date=June 25, 2019|date=June 21, 2019|work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Rupar|first=Aaron|title=Trump faces a new allegation of sexually assaulting a woman at Mar-a-Lago|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/10/9/20906567/trump-karen-johnson-sexual-assault-mar-a-lago-barry-levine-monique-el-faizy-book|access-date=April 27, 2020|work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|date=October 9, 2019}}</ref><ref name="no26">{{cite web|last=Osborne|first=Lucy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-web/2020/sep/17/amy-dorris-donald-trump-women-who-accuse-sexual-misconduct|title='It felt like tentacles': the women who accuse Trump of sexual misconduct|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=September 17, 2020|access-date=June 26, 2023}}</ref> Trump has denied all of the allegations.<ref name="no26"/> 

In October 2016, two days before the [[2016 United States presidential debates#Second presidential debate (Washington University in St. Louis)|second presidential debate]], a 2005 "[[hot mic]]" recording surfaced in which [[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|Trump was heard bragging]] about kissing and groping women without their consent, saying that "when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab 'em by the [[Pussy#Female genitalia|pussy]]."<ref>{{cite web|last=Timm|first=Jane C.|title=Trump caught on hot mic making lewd comments about women in 2005|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-hot-mic-when-you-re-star-you-can-do-n662116|work=[[NBC News]]|date=October 7, 2016|access-date=June 10, 2018}}</ref> The incident's widespread media exposure led to Trump's first public apology during the campaign<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/us/politics/donald-trump-women.html|title=Donald Trump Apology Caps Day of Outrage Over Lewd Tape|date=October 7, 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=October 8, 2016|last1=Burns|first1=Alexander|author-link1=Alex Burns (journalist)|last2=Haberman|first2=Maggie|author-link2=Maggie Haberman|last3=Martin|first3=Jonathan|author-link3=Jonathan Martin (journalist)}}</ref> and caused outrage across the political spectrum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/299895-kaine-on-lewd-trump-tapes-makes-me-sick-to-my-stomach|title=Kaine on lewd Trump tapes: 'Makes me sick to my stomach'|last=Hagen|first=Lisa|date=October 7, 2016|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date=October 8, 2016}}</ref>

=== Popular culture ===
{{Main|Donald Trump in popular culture|Donald Trump in music}}
{{See also|Musicians who oppose Donald Trump's use of their music}}
Trump has been the subject of comedy and caricature on television, in films, and in comics. He was named in hundreds of [[hip hop music|hip hop]] songs from 1989 until 2015; most of these cast Trump in a positive light, but they turned largely negative after he began running for office.<ref>{{cite web|last=McCann|first=Allison|url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/clinton-trump-hip-hop-lyrics|title=Hip-Hop Is Turning On Donald Trump|work=[[FiveThirtyEight]]|date=July 14, 2016|access-date=October 7, 2021}}</ref>