Campaign

• accepted his nomination as Republican candidate by saying, “nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it”?
• acknowledged keeping a book of Hitler’s speeches in his bedroom?
• admitted that he didn’t come up with, or even like the phrase “drain the swamp”?
• attacked a Gold Star family?
• bragged about how humble he is?
• called for Russia to hack his political opponent?
• cast doubt on the future of NATO?
• claimed Clinton wanted to “release the violent criminals from jail,” and “abolish the second amendment”?
• claimed that he had opposed the Iraq War “from the beginning”?
• claimed that he predicted Osama bin Laden’s attacks a year before 9/11?
• claimed that Texas Senator Ted Cruz’ father was was involved with JFK’s assassination?
• claimed that thousands in New Jersey celebrated the September 11 attacks?
• complained about Megyn Kelly’s debate questions, saying “she had blood coming out of her wherever”?
• defended the size of his hands and penis in a Republican debate?
• demanded that his transition team be shut down because he illegally didn’t want to provide payment to staff?
• failed to disavow former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke’s endorsement?
• gave out GOP Senator Lindsey Graham’s cell number?
• insulted fellow Republican primary candidate Carly Fiorina’s appearance?
• insulted Ted Cruz’s wife’s appearance over Twitter?
• launched into a minute-and-a-half long run-on sentence?
• only disbursed $2 million raised for veterans until the discrepancy was met with intense media scrutiny?
• paid actors to cheer at his campaign announcement?
• performed a mocking imitation of a disabled reporter?
• perpetuated the birther conspiracy theory?
• promised to pay legal fees for those that would “knock the crap out of” protesters?
• referred to himself repeatedly as “a whiner”?
• referred to September 11 as “7/11”?
• reminisced of when “there used to be consequences” for protesting?
• repeatedly claimed that Mexico would pay for the border wall?
• said “nobody has more respect for women than I do,” prompting laughter?
• said about foreign policy, “I’m speaking with myself, number one, because I have a very good brain and I’ve said a lot of things”?
• said after becoming elected that “[lock her up] plays great before the election — now we don’t care, right?”
• said he could pay off the United States’ $19 trillion in debt in 8 years?
• said he had the best temperament of any presidential candidate ever?
• said he prefers fast food for its cleanliness?
• said he would “take out” the families of terrorists?
• said he would refuse to accept election results even up to election day?
• said he’d like to punch a protester in the face?
• said his “temperament is not that different” from when he was in first grade?
• said not paying taxes makes him “smart”?
• said of Saudi Arabia, “I get along great with all of them…”?
• said of Senator John McCain, “He’s not a war hero…I like people who weren’t captured”?
• said that a Mexican-American judge could not be fair in ruling on the border wall?
• said that America’s GDP “was below zero”?
• said that he would impose torture techniques “a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding?”
• said that the US will never default on its debt because “you print the money”?
• said the military would commit war crimes on his order?
• said the Pope would wish Trump were President when ISIS attacks the Vatican?
• said, “I always wanted to get the Purple Heart, this was much easier,” after being gifted one by a veteran?
• said, “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters, okay? It’s, like, incredible.”
• said, “I know more about ISIS than the generals do, believe me”?
• said, “I love the poorly educated”?
• said, “I’m very highly educated. I know words – I have the best words” while calling Obama stupid?
• said, “nobody knows more about taxes than I do, maybe in the history of the world”?
• said, “nobody knows more about trade than me”?
• said, “nobody knows the system better than me. I know the H1B. I know the H2B. Nobody knows it better than me”?
• said, “nobody reads the Bible more than me,” but couldn’t cite a single verse?
• said, “there’s nobody that understands the horror of nuclear better than me”?
• shut down Trump University and settled lawsuits for $25 million?
• tweeted “I love Hispanics!” with a photo of himself eating a taco bowl?
• was an anti-vaxxer?
• was called a “race-baiting, xenophobic bigot” by Senator Lindsay Graham?
• was criticized for his lies, business practices, and vulgar behavior by Kellyanne Conway?
• was described by his Art of the Deal ghostwriter Tony Schwartz as pathologically impulsive and self-centered?
• was interviewed by InfoWars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones?
• was named as a co-conspirator in campaign finance felonies by Michael Cohen?
• was portrayed as a superhero in a coloring book sold by his campaign?
• was warned about Russian attempts to spy on and infiltrate his campaign, then said he wasn’t?
• wrongly claimed that unemployment was as high as 42% instead of the official 5.1%?
• wrote his own letter of health?