Trump's conspiracy theory: Biden is a "clone"
President Trump recently shared on his platform, Truth Social, a conspiracy theory stated by one of the users, claiming that former President Biden was "executed in 2020" and was replaced by a "clone double." The repost came a day after Biden announced he had started cancer treatment.
On May 31st, President Donald Trump reposted on his platform Truth Social a post claiming that former President Joe Biden was "executed in 2020." According to the author, Joe Biden's "clones doubles & robotic engineered soulless mindless entities are what you see." The post is ended with remark at the Democrats who "don't know the difference."
President Trump reposted the statement to his over 10 million followers without any statement. The White House did not comment, whether President Trump believes in the conspiracy theory concerning the former President.
President Trump and conspiracy theories
President Trump's tendency to share false news not only online, but also to the broader audience. During his meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office, President Trump declared that white South Africans were victims of genocide. As proof, he showed the picture, which was later debunked as a photograph of the conflict in Eastern Congo. However, the data "do not show that white people in the nation are any more vulnerable than other groups," as the New York Times reports.
Moreover, during the last presidential campaign, he attacked Haitian immigrants, claiming they were "eating the pets." In 2016, however, he attacked President Barack Obama, arguing he had not been born in the US.
According to The Washington Post, during his first presidential term, President Trump claimed 30,573 false or misleading statements. The portal added, "On Nov. 2 [2020 - ed.] alone, the day before the 2020 vote, Trump made 503 false or misleading claims."
The New York Times, however, reported that the "analysis of thousands of Mr. Trump’s social media posts and reposts over a six-month period in 2024 found that at least 330 of them described both a false, secretive plot against Mr. Trump or the American people and a specific entity supposedly responsible for it." Among them was the suggestion that American officials had arranged the Capital riot and the insinuation that FBI ordered his assasination.
Source: New York Times, Washington Post, Truth Social
