{"id":24700,"date":"2018-11-02T17:30:45","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T17:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=24700"},"modified":"2018-11-02T17:30:45","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T17:30:45","slug":"trumps-craziest-theories-debunked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/trumps-craziest-theories-debunked\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s craziest theories, debunked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In the light of Trump\u2019s public belief that the caravan of migrants is being funded by the Democratic party, here are a few other theories Trump has publicly announced he believes in. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s only a few because, otherwise, this list could go on forever.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h4>Multiple vaccines at once causes autism in young children.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If I were President I would push for proper vaccinations but would not allow one time massive shots that a small child cannot take &#8211; AUTISM.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/449331076528615424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Healthy young child goes to doctor, gets pumped with massive shot of many vaccines, doesn&#39;t feel good and changes &#8211; AUTISM. Many such cases!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/449525268529815552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Debunked<\/strong><\/em>: This theory initially emerged in 1997, based on a study by Andrew Wakefield, a British surgeon. Since then, the study had been discredited and retracted by the journal that published it, and further studies from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have confirmed that there is no link between vaccines and autism.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Does he still stand by his comment?<\/strong><\/em> Probably, yes. He has not mentioned the relation between autism and vaccinations since September 2015, during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video\/politics\/carson-trump-paul-debate-vaccines-and-autism\/2015\/09\/17\/1f117b78-5d4c-11e5-8475-781cc9851652_video.html?utm_term=.0dae4d9cb773\">GOP debate<\/a>, and no reporter seems to be interested in inquiring any further about this issue. However, Bill Gates recalled in a talk this May how Trump asked him in December 2016 whether it would be worth investigating the ill-effects of vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\n<h4>Global warming and climate change are a hoax (created by the Chinese).<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let&#39;s continue to destroy the competitiveness of our factories &amp; manufacturing so we can fight mythical global warming. China is so happy!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/264009741234221058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Global warming is based on faulty science and manipulated data which is proven by the emails that were leaked <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/5BeAhats\">http:\/\/t.co\/5BeAhats<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/264441602636906496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Give me clean, beautiful and healthy air &#8211; not the same old climate change (global warming) bullshit! I am tired of hearing this nonsense.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/428418323660165120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Debunked<\/strong><\/em>: NASA has an entire website dedicated to global warming and climate change, showing statistics and facts of how our planet keeps worsening in terms of its environmental conditions. Is Trump saying NASA aren\u2019t a credible source?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Does he still stand by his comment?<\/strong><\/em> Most certainly, yes. We all saw how he withdrew the United States from the Paris climate agreement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>\n<h4>Around three million votes during the 2016 election were illegal and fraudulent.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/802972944532209664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Debunked<\/strong><\/em>: The <a href=\"https:\/\/uselectionatlas.org\/RESULTS\/\">US Elections Atlas<\/a> has confirmed that, within the popular vote, Hillary Clinton received 65,853,652 votes whilst Trump received 62,985,134 votes. This election has been revised multiple times, and the statistics mentioned above are the certified final results.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Does he still stand by his comment?<\/strong><\/em> Certainly. In January, he signed an executive order disbanding the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, also known as the Voter Fraud Commission. And, during these midterm elections, he has continuously referenced illegal voting and \u2018warned\u2019 the Democratic Party not to do it again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>\n<h4>The caravan of immigrants currently on its way to the US border is being funded by Democrats.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-24722\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Donald_Trump_30023082644-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"494\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During last month\u2019s campaign rally in Montana, Trump said that illegal immigrants were being \u201cbrought on by the Democrats\u201d to the United States via the caravan. You can listen to him say this on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?453144-1\/president-trump-campaigns-republicans-montana&amp;start=580\">C-Span\u2019s recording of his rally at 11:48<\/a>. It\u2019s on video, so he definitely won\u2019t be able to go back on his word here!<\/p>\n<p>While this theory of his can\u2019t possibly be debunked at this moment in time, you can easily make up your mind on whether you believe him and think the caravan is a ploy by the rival political party. However, you can <em>definitely<\/em> say he still stands by this comment. He can\u2019t seem to stop mentioning it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Words by Sissi Yi Hu | Subbing by Maria Campuzano<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>Photo credit: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_rallies_for_the_Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign,_2016#\/media\/File:Donald_Trump_(30023082644).jpg\">Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/22007612@N05\">Gage Skidmore<\/a>, used under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">CC BY<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h5>Related stories<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6RYcK-6sV\">The low-down on the US midterms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the light of Trump\u2019s public belief that the caravan of migrants is being funded by the Democratic party, here are a few other theories Trump has publicly announced he believes in. 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