6. The Birther Movement
Although former President Donald Trump can’t claim to be the first one to come up with this conspiracy theory, he is the one who ran with it. Some might argue, all the way to the White House. Despite Barack Obama being born on August 4, 1961, at Kapi’olani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii, Trump would relentlessly claim that he was not an American-born citizen.
Even when Obama did release his official Hawaiian birth certificate in 2008, which was confirmed by the Hawaii Department of Health, Trump wouldn’t let a little thing like proof stop him from perpetuating this falsehood. This false claim about Obama’s birth would help Trump solidify his credibility with the American far-right. The same people who would help him secure the 2016 Presidency.
