Donald Trump

GOP candidates Kari Lake, Herschel Walker and Dr. Mehmet Oz have caught people's attention for outlandish stunts and false statements that are increasingly ...

In October 2022 at a rally, Trump [threatened journalists](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-threatens-journalists-prison-rape-1234616603/) with [prison rape](https://read.dukeupress.edu/public-culture/article-abstract/32/1/163/147857/Power-Privilege-and-the-Extrajudicial-Punishment?redirectedFrom=fulltext). No matter how harmful and demeaning Trump’s performances are to their targets, they can always be dismissed as [comedic entertainment](https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/language-in-the-trump-era/trumps-comedic-gestures-as-political-weapon/3E4049CC9B975EDCBBA5CDA6F3329DE1). But in his case, Franken’s bad behavior pushed him out of politics, not [further into it](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/07/al-franken-resigns-senate-sexual-misconduct-allegations). [Neil Postman](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/297276/amusing-ourselves-to-death-by-neil-postman/) has noted, former U.S. [honorary sheriff’s badge](https://www.npr.org/2022/10/19/1129754080/herschel-walker-bought-1000-fake-badges-controversy) to the audience during his only scheduled debate against Sen. Now running to become a Pennsylvania senator, Oz has taken to [mocking his](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/24/fetterman-oz-stroke-vegetables/) opponent John [Fetterman’s diet](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3613160-oz-campaign-bites-down-on-crudite-if-john-fetterman-had-ever-eaten-a-vegetable-in-his-life-then-maybe-he-wouldnt-have-had-a-major-stroke/). Lake believes the 2020 presidential election was stolen and has not said if she will accept the results of [the 2022 midterms](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/16/us/politics/kari-lake-election-results-az.html). [Jerry Springer was a](https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2017/06/02/jerry-springer-news-how-prostitution-scandal-broke/366721001/) Cincinnati councilman in the 1970s, before he resigned for paying prostitutes for sex. Oz show](https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-mehmet-oz-oprah-winfrey-congress-celebrity-3031911c3f7f115607b3817048e01050), [which reviewed](https://apnews.com/article/dr-mehmet-oz-political-career-2022-midterm-f6ecd9ac9f0e95cda41193adc13c8437) medical and health products, especially diet-related products, and answered questions about health and wellness – on daytime programming. This humor would have been seen as rude and unpresidential if uttered by another person, or if said by Trump himself outside of the political arena. The move was intended to prove his pro-police bonafides. We can confidently say candidates like Walker, whose rule-breaking might have doomed a candidate in earlier times, benefit from a template developed by former President Donald Trump, who figured out how to turn celebrity status into political success.

#TrumpIsDead began to trend on Twitter despite the fact that former US President Donald Trump. One user tweeted that they believed the hashtag was trending as a ...

"I saw that it's yet another psyopp [sic] to screw around with Melon Husk," the tweet read. The hashtag appeared under the "What's happening" sidebar in the late afternoon for readers in the United States. 1, 2022, the hashtag "#TrumpIsDead" began to trend on Twitter.

Donald Trump is definitely not dead, despite what Twitter users might have us believe. A hoax about the former president having died spread quickly on the ...

Donald Trump Junior is now just plain Donald Trump \n\nplease like and share.\u201d— Tim Heidecker: Sole Host of On Cinema (@Tim Heidecker: Sole Host of On Cinema) Which do you believe?\u201d— Tim Heidecker: Sole Host of On Cinema (@Tim Heidecker: Sole Host of On Cinema) trump is dead and they are covering it up or he is badly dying at the moment. Trump is dead (died badly) \n2. we don't know but it's not good.\u201d— Tim Heidecker: Sole Host of On Cinema (@Tim Heidecker: Sole Host of On Cinema) I think in fact that maybe he is and could possibly have a very grave disease of which he is dying from.

The #TrumpIsDead hashtag managed to briefly reach the number one trending spot in America.

Bernard has retweeted a number of screenshots claiming that the former President had died, including a fake BBC article and a tweet from Melania Trump which reads: “I just got home from Barron’s band practice (he’s in a grindcore band called S**t Christ) and Donald was dead facedown in the toilet which was overflowing with diarrhoea. “What a relief that #TrumpIsDead. One person tweeted: “I saw #TrumpIsDead and was excited for a second. Free speech activist and journalist Nathan Bernard tweeted a screenshot of a fake CNN article that claimed that Trump had died at age 76. Donald Trump Jr is now just plain Donald Trump. Trump is dead (died badly) 2.

Supreme Court grants Trump stay in tax returns case · Trump Organization fraud case begins after jury selected · Letitia James's fraud lawsuit goes to trial at ...

[likely crimes committed by Mr Eastman and the former president](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-judge-defraud-election-claims-b2206403.html). The hashtag #TrumpIsDead became one of the biggest trends on the site following false claims made on Tue... [Donald Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/donald-trump)’s biracial former girlfriend Kara Young has broken her silence about an incident where he told her she got her intelligence from her white father. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) Mr Trump filed the suit in March under a civil version of a racketeering law, claiming that Ms Clinton and several other Democratic Party-aligned organisations conspired to undermine his campaign. Here’s more on the Trump hoax from our colleagues at Indy100. As filmmaker Jeremy Newberger wrote: "My sources are telling me, in their humble opinion, that the MyPillow Guy has created a Trump stand in made from polyurethane foam and Sunkist soda #TrumpIsDead.” A hoax about the former president having died spread quickly on the social media platform earlier this week. [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. Two senior White House staffers this morning confirmed that Joe Biden will tonight be delivering a speech at the US Capitol about democracy. [Donald Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/donald-trump) has joined a chorus of [GOP](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/gop) voices promoting a flurry of unsubstantiated [conspiracy theories](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/conspiracy-theories) around [the attack against House Speaker ](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/david-depape-paul-pelosi-attack-elon-musk-b2214818.html) [Nancy Pelosi](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/nancy-pelosi)’s husband. [Donald Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/donald-trump) made history in becoming the first president in US history to be impeached twice by the [House of Representatives](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/house-representatives).

Elon Musk says setting up process over those barred, including Donald Trump, will take 'at least a few more weeks'

Content shared by the accounts focused on issues such as Trump and Palestine. Another China-linked network, which sent 310,000 tweets, including more than 1,100 on Joe Biden’s position on Taiwan as well as remarks on the president’s age and cognitive abilities. One China-linked network tweeted about US politics via accounts that used fake rightwing, pro-Trump American personas, using language familiar deployed by “Maga” online communities including references to rigged elections and the businessman George Soros. One Iran-backed account also issued endorsements for candidates in down-ballot polls such as county commissioner. They issued 706,000 tweets, although engagement appeared to be insignificant, with almost 600,000 of those tweets gaining zero likes. [report by the Election Integrity Partnership](https://www.eipartnership.net/), a coalition of bodies that combats digital election interference, gave details of six networks linked to China and Iran that had attempted to manipulate the Twitter platform in the run-up to the US midterms.

New Twitter owner Elon Musk announced that his team is developing a process for reinstating suspended accounts, presumably including that of former ...

"I like Elon, but I'm staying on Truth." 6, 2021, Capitol riots](https://people.com/politics/capitol-riot/), when the platform determined that his tweets violated its Glorification of Violence Policy and risked "further incitement of violence." "I am staying on Truth.

Elon Musk indicated on Wednesday that the Twitter account of former President Donald Trump will not be restored ahead of the US midterm elections next week, ...

We’ve made measurable progress, removing more than 1500 accounts and reducing impressions on this content to nearly zero.” Both Musk and Roth have stressed that Twitter’s policies have not changed since the takeover. Trump had tens of millions more followers on Twitter than he does on Truth Social. Prior to acquiring Twitter last week, Musk had pledged to roll back at least some of platform’s content moderation policies and do away with permanent account bans.

Donald Trump is not dead, nor is he back on Twitter, but the former US president became a top trending topic as users set out to test the stance of the ...

Of course, there would have been no such story there. Trending topics on Twitter come from a combination of the sheer number of tweets and the work of an algorithm, designed to tailor which ones appear for individual users based on their interests and location. At its peak, tens of thousands of tweets drove the hashtag to the top of the trending charts. [Elon Musk](https://news.sky.com/topic/elon-musk-6730)'s stance on disinformation on the platform following his takeover, trending topics in the US and beyond were for hours topped with news of [Mr Trump](https://news.sky.com/topic/donald-trump-5711)'s apparent demise. But it began as an effort to essentially stick it to new owner Musk, who has made content moderation - and his apparent desire to loosen it - a key part of the conversation surrounding his takeover. Donald Trump is not dead, nor is he back on Twitter, but the former US president became a top trending topic as users set out to test the stance of the social media platform's new owner on disinformation.

This means that former president Donald Trump will not be on Twitter before the midterm elections. Trump was suspended from Twitter in January 2021 after the Capitol riot for inciting violence. Elon Musk's tweet about banned Twitter accounts not ...

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Tweets falsely suggesting that Donald Trump has died are testing the content moderation of Elon Musk's Twitter.

The status of Mr Trump’s account has also been subject to intense speculation, with some suggesting that Mr Musk could allow him back onto the site. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. He then encouraged users to share the hashtag #TrumpIsDead. They were led by Tim Heidecker, a comedian who encouraged others to share the false posts. He repeatedly indicated that he would be more permissive about the what could be said on the social network, describing himself as a free speech champion. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google By clicking ‘Register’ you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our By registering, you will also enjoy limited access to Premium articles, exclusive newsletters, commenting, and virtual events with our leading journalists Registration is a free and easy way to support our truly independent journalism

Some candidates are already questioning the integrity of the vote and undermining the credibility of the results.

[124 candidates](https://principledcandidates.org/supporters/) in the November elections have so far pledged to adopt the principles. “I’m going to win the election and I’m going to accept that result,” she said. [five core principles](https://principledcandidates.org/) to uphold trusted elections. Mark Finchem, the Republican running for secretary of state, led the push to decertify Biden’s victory in Arizona and was present at the US Capitol on January 6. Similar signs of Republican candidates manoeuvring for possible mischief can be seen in other swing states that were at the epicentre of Trump’s efforts to destroy democracy. The center’s democracy experts decided months before the 2020 election that the chaos surrounding then President Trump’s campaign merited their attention. But the fact that so many candidates are already laying down objections in a repetition of Trump’s 2020 tactics suggests there may be trouble ahead. If election deniers lose their elections by narrow margins we can expect that they will reject the results and refuse to accept them,” said Fred Wertheimer, president of the non-partisan group Democracy 21. All four of its Republican candidates in statewide races – Lake, together with the nominees for US Senate, attorney general and secretary of state – are out-and-out election deniers. Masters has been telling supporters on the campaign trail to look out for The US president called them “extremists” and warned that they were preparing to repeat their subversion efforts in November’s midterm elections. Lake is one of several prominent election deniers who have dropped hints – some subtle, others blatant – that they might mimic Trump’s anti-democratic tactics in their own elections just days away.

Just days removed from the assault on Paul Pelosi, Donald Trump is throwing in his lot with the conspiracy caucus on what actually happened in the attack.

He knows they want to believe the absolute worst about Paul and Nancy Pelosi and so he is giving them what they want. All of this, unfortunately, is par for the course for the former president and the movement that he leads. And that the 2020 election was stolen from him. They want to keep you in the dark, but you are too smart for that, so you see through the stories they are telling you. It’s unclear to me whether Trump actually believes anything he is saying about the Pelosi attack. And that the Iowa caucuses had been stolen from him. As is usual with him, he threw just enough qualifiers and vague language in to give himself plausible deniability. But the window was broken in and it was strange the cops were standing there practically from the moment it all took place.” “It’s weird things going on in that household in the last couple of weeks,” Trump said. To be clear, what follows from the former president is nonsense and officials have gone on the record to denounce conspiracy theories like this. wrote: “The Internet remains undefeated.” “You know, probably, you and I are better off not talking about it.

Donald Trump's attorneys saw a direct appeal to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as their best hope of derailing Joe Biden's win in the 2020 ...

19 ruling](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/19/judge-trump-signed-court-document-that-knowingly-included-false-voter-fraud-stats-00062577) that the emails must be disclosed to the House Jan. Carter said Trump signed the verification to a federal court complaint under penalty of perjury despite evidence that he’d been told many of the fraud claims in the lawsuit were inaccurate. “There’s no one they can call to come to the White House that’s a notary?” Chris Gardner, a Virginia attorney and former GOP House aide assisting the president’s legal team, asked in an email sent just before 4 P.M. FBI agents seized Eastman’s cell phone in June as part of a wide-ranging investigation related to efforts by Trump allies to undermine the election results. 31, 2020, federal lawsuit challenging the election results in Georgia, including acute concerns Trump’s lawyers voiced during that chaotic period that Trump might put himself in legal jeopardy if he attested to the voter fraud data contained in it. It’s unclear how the other attorney responded to Eastman. 11 order](https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/11/supreme-court-rejects-texas-led-effort-to-overturn-bidens-victory-444638) where the court rejected a bid by Texas to challenge the vote counts in four other states. But they also debated whether the federal complaint should “incorporate by reference” the voter fraud data included in an earlier state-level lawsuit. Federal prosecutors have also scrutinized Eastman, who pleaded the Fifth in testimony to the Jan. Eastman’s emails, which he has fought to keep from the select committee, have yielded some of the most potent evidence against Trump’s team — including a March 28 ruling from a federal judge declaring it likely that Trump and Eastman had criminally conspired to subvert the election. 6 session of Congress — a legally required proceeding to count electoral votes and certify the election results. 6 select committee, as well as prosecutors in Fulton County, Ga., who are investigating Trump’s efforts to subvert the election there.

Efrain Galicia and several other protesters had filed a civil suit alleging Trump's security guards roughed them up in 2015.

[filed](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/22/new-york-fraud-suit-trump-organization-letitia-james) civil fraud suit claiming extensive financial wrongdoing related to real estate valuations. The parties also did release a brief, joint statement stating that they “have settled the matter and the action has been dismissed upon stipulation of all parties”. [Efrain Galicia](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/15/donald-trump-testimony-new-york-protesters-security-guard) and several other protesters filed a civil suit in the Bronx about seven years ago over the alleged incident. Trump is also battling a [defamation suit](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/19/trump-testifies-e-jean-carroll-rape-lawsuit) brought by E Jean Carroll. We are very pleased with this outcome and are happy to finally put this matter to rest once and for all.” [Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump)’s security guards roughed them up outside during a September 2015 protest outside his eponymous Manhattan skyscraper settled their lawsuit just before a trial for this case was to begin in earnest.

Former President Donald Trump settled a civil lawsuit Wednesday that alleged his security guards violently assaulted protesters outside Trump Tower in 2015.

I think they were," Trump said, according to a transcript. Powerful men may put their names on buildings, but the sidewalk will always belong to the people." "Nevertheless, plaintiffs are proud to have settled their claims and to have obtained written recognition by Donald Trump of their right to protest on the public sidewalk.

Luckily, today, we can cross one of them off the list: the 2015 lawsuit filed by a group of protesters who alleged they were assaulted by Trump's security ...

Asked by one of the attorneys if it was his “expectation” that if one of his security guards saw someone about to throw a tomato, they should “knock the crap out of them,” Trump responded yes, adding that other fruits would necessitate a beating, too. [claimed](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/05/donald-trump-pie-fears) that he’d told Trump about the protesters when he saw them that morning, at which point the then presidential candidate allegedly told his head of security, Keith Schiller, “Get rid of them.” When Schiller returned, according to Cohen, he told Trump: “I took the sign. We were all instructed that if somebody was to ever throw anything at him, that if that person didn’t end up in the hospital, we’d all be fired,” Cohen said. [hit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK6SS8CXYZo) with a pie while walking into a building, and was convinced that the same fate would befall him. They love to give money to the people. Y’know, the one that led to the revelation that the ex-president [thinks](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/donald-trump-tomatoes-pineapples-bananas-deadly-fruit) it’s highly possible he could be killed by a piece of fruit. “A tomato, a pineapple, a lot of other things they throw,” he said. They take from the rich and give to the rest of us—their verdicts are always generally right at the ceiling. The suit revolved around a September 2015 incident, in which a group of activists protesting the comments Trump had made about Mexican immigrants while campaigning for president were allegedly assaulted outside of Trump Tower by his security guards. According to the plaintiffs, Trump’s head of security allegedly punched one of the protesters in the head while trying to rip away a sign that read “Make America racist again.” In a sworn deposition, Cohen [all the criminal investigations and civil suits](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/donald-trump-criminal-investigations-lawsuits-guide-complete-list) facing Donald Trump.

The two sides reached an agreement as a jury was being selected. Donald Trump arrives at a 2015 campaign rally.

“Defendants were staring down the barrel of a Bronx jury who were about to be presented with overwhelming evidence in support of plaintiffs’ claims. News reporters recorded the guards ripping signs out of the hands of the protesters, then scuffling with some of them. Among other demands, the plaintiffs wanted Trump to pay punitive damages, arguing he should have known the security personnel would act in a “negligent or reckless manner.” “We are very pleased with this outcome and are happy to finally put this matter to rest once and for all.” The lawsuit was brought by five New Yorkers of Mexican origin. Trump was a defendant in the lawsuit, along with his company, the Trump Organization, his presidential campaign and security personnel.

Donald Trump and the Trump Organization have settled a lawsuit with protesters who say his security guards violently attacked them while they were ...

Alina Habba, a lawyer for Mr Trump, said in a statement: "Although we were eager to proceed to trial to demonstrate the frivolousness of this case, the parties were ultimately able to come to an amicable resolution. "The parties all agree that the plaintiffs in the action, and all people, have a right to engage in peaceful protest on public sidewalks," both sides said in a joint statement. Mr Trump, the Trump Organization and the plaintiffs agreed to dismiss the seven-year-old lawsuit over the alleged assault in a joint filing with a New York state court on Wednesday.