Trump Launches Campaign Calling Mexican Immigrants "Rapists" and "Criminals" (2015-06-16)
Trump descends the Trump Tower escalator to announce his presidential campaign, immediately deploying dehumanizing rhetoric by describing Mexican immigrants as "rapists" and "criminals" bringing drugs and crime. The speech establishes the central propaganda technique of his movement: scapegoating out-groups through dehumanization. The phrase becomes a defining feature of Trumpism, echoed in thousands of subsequent rally speeches and social media posts over the next decade.
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Trump Retweets 'Trumplican' Conspiracy About Ted Cruz's Father and JFK Assassination
May 23, 2016
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Trump Tweets "Fake News" For First Time — Targeting CNN Over Russia Reporting (2016-12-10)
Dec 10, 2016
· Disinformation
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Trump: 'The Fake News Media Is the Enemy of the American People'
Feb 17, 2017
· Legal
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Trump Calls Russia Investigation a "Witch Hunt" — First Use of Defining Frame (2017-03-20)
Mar 20, 2017
· Disinformation
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Trump Seizes on Migrant Caravan as "Invasion" — Troops Deployed to Border (2018-10-26)
Oct 26, 2018
· Immigration
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Trump Reportedly Calls African Nations and Haiti 'Shithole Countries' (2018-01-11)
Jan 11, 2018
· Immigration
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Trump Claims "Total Exoneration" from Mueller Report Despite No Exoneration (2019-04-18)
Apr 18, 2019
· Disinformation
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Trump Downplays COVID — Tells Woodward He Deliberately Misled Public (2020-03-19)
Mar 19, 2020
· Disinformation
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