Donald Trump

=== 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>