Trump embraces conspiracy theories again: This time he shared a fake video showing Obama being arrested

US President Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video showing former President Barack Obama being detained in the Oval Office. The post has rekindled the controversy surrounding the conspiracy theories Trump has been promoting about Obama since the 2010s. Compiled by Petek Uğur.

US President Donald Trump reshared a fake video of former President Barack Obama being arrested in the Oval Office on Monday, July 21.

Artificial intelligence The backed video shows FBI agents raiding the meeting, forcing Obama to his knees and handcuffing him as Trump looks on, smiling, as the Village People's song "YMCA" plays.

The fake video then shows Obama in a holding cell, wearing an orange jumpsuit. The video begins with a compilation of real footage of Obama and Democratic leaders, including former President Joseph R. Biden Jr., saying, "No one is above the law."

This fake video has been making the rounds on social media. So, is this the first time Trump has conspired against former President Obama?

Trump accused former US President Barack Obama of orchestrating a coup attempt against him following the 2016 election. He claimed Obama fabricated intelligence assessments of Russian election interference, claiming it constituted treason. He also alleged that Donald Trump, former FBI Director James Comey, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and then-Vice President Joe Biden were involved in the plot.

Obama responded to Trump's claim:

"Out of respect for the office of the presidency, our office normally deems it inappropriate to respond to the constant stream of nonsense and misinformation emanating from the White House. However, these allegations are so outrageous that they warrant a response. These outlandish allegations are ludicrous and a feeble attempt to divert attention. "

Conspiracy theories, which began during Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, persisted throughout his presidency and beyond. Various claims were made about his birthplace, religious affiliation, and citizenship. It was argued that Obama was not a natural-born citizen of the United States under the terms of the Second Amendment to the Constitution and therefore ineligible for the presidency. This conspiracy theory is called "birtherism."

However, Obama's birthplace is irrelevant to his eligibility to serve as President of the United States. Obama's mother is a US citizen born in Kansas, making him a "natural born citizen" under US law. Nevertheless, the Obama administration released Obama's birth certificate digitally in response to the allegations.

In 2011, Trump announced at the Conservative Political Action Conference that he was considering a presidential run. Appearing on talk shows later, Trump urged Obama to release his birth certificate, saying, "I want him to show me his birth certificate. There's something on that birth certificate that he doesn't like."

Trump's call brought the birth certificate debate back to the forefront. This time, the Obama administration released a more detailed version of the birth certificate.

Following the release of the document, Trump held a press conference, acknowledging that he had initiated the controversy but stating that he still needed to evaluate the document. Trump then claimed the document was fake, further fueling the "birtherism" theory.

Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a CIA operation in Abbottabad, Pakistan, shortly after 1:00 a.m. local time on May 2, 2011. Bin Laden was shot and killed in the raid, conducted by Navy SEALs, a special forces unit affiliated with the US Navy. Following the operation, then-President Barack Obama announced the news to the world in a statement from the White House.

However, the reality of the operation soon began to be questioned on social media and in some right-wing media outlets. These conspiracy theories claimed that the person killed was not actually Osama bin Laden, and that the Obama administration had misled the public by ordering the killing of a stuntman.

In 2020, Trump revived conspiracy theories about Osama bin Laden's death by resharing a tweet claiming that bin Laden was still alive and that Obama nearly killed Seal 6, who were involved in the operation.

Trump has alleged since the 2016 presidential election that then-President Barack Obama planted spies in his campaign. He claimed that a conspiracy was being orchestrated against him during his candidacy, and that Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden used US intelligence agencies to monitor the Trump campaign.

The FBI launched an investigation into the extensive contacts of some Trump associates with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign. During this period, it ordered technical surveillance of some campaign advisors. However, there was no evidence that Obama or Biden orchestrated this.

Trump also alleged that the FBI planted moles in his campaign. However, Justice Department auditors reported that the FBI did not directly place agents in the campaign but used traditional intelligence methods to gather information on certain individuals. There was no evidence that campaign members were forced to become moles.

The claim that Trump Tower was wiretapped was also made by Trump in 2017. However, the Justice Department stated that there was no evidence to support this claim.

One of Trump's most frequently cited allegations is the Obama-era "unmasking," the process of revealing anonymous names in intelligence reports. However, all of these processes were conducted in accordance with legal procedures. No irregularities were identified in the documents released by the Trump administration.

The conspiracy theories Trump fueled during the 2016 campaign also became central to his 2020 campaign. In one speech, he even called for an unconstitutional third presidential term , saying, "They took away my rights for four years, we have to start over."

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was founded in 2006 as an offshoot of al-Qaeda's Iraqi branch under the name "Islamic State of Iraq." The organization expanded in 2013, taking advantage of the Syrian civil war and changing its name to ISIS. Its founders included followers of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, while its most well-known leader was Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who led the organization from 2010 until his assassination in 2019.

During his 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump accused Barack Obama of being the founder of the terrorist organization ISIS. Speaking at a rally in Florida, Trump said, “They honor President Obama. He is the founder of ISIS.” Trump also called his then-rival, Hillary Clinton, a “co-founder.” Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Trump’s remarks amounted to “denigrating America” and claimed he was “repeating Putin’s speeches. ”

In 2011, Donald Trump claimed that Barack Obama wasn't the author of his first book, Dreams from My Father. In an interview with Sean Hannity, a conservative television host at the time, Trump claimed the book was written by former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers. "That book was better than Hemingway, but the second book was written by an average person. I'm saying Bill Ayers wrote it," he said.

Trump repeated this claim on various platforms. He also maintained the same view on Laura Ingraham's radio show and in a 2012 interview with Fox News. He also tweeted about it in 2013. The basis for the claim is that Obama and Ayers met in Chicago in 1995. Ayers hosted a coffee party for Obama that year.

Ayers has denied the conspiracy over the years. In an email to the Huffington Post, he jokingly told a blogger, "Yes, I wrote the whole book. If you help prove it, we'll split the royalties."

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