Trump himself has at times been a purveyor of conspiracy theories, most notably in refusing for years to back down from his lie that President Obama was not born in the U.S. He also claimed without evidence that Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower, pedaled the debunked idea that millions of illegal votes cost him the popular vote and associated the father of Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas with the assassin who shot President Kennedy.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 01, 2018 17:37 UTC