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Trump provided the motive for the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capital, through his popularizing of a conspiracy theory according to which the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him. Not only were the rioters motivated by Trump's rhetoric about a stolen election, but many also asserted that they believed Trump wanted them to storm the Capitol. LongtimeLurkerNewEditor08 (talk) 23:51, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

Trump's conspiracy theory that the 2020 election was stolen was the motive behind the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol, in which a pro-Trump mob vandalized the Capitol building and murdered a police officer. Because of Hawley's role in promoting the conspiracy theory of election theft--the conspiracy theory which motivated the mob to storm the Capitol--numerous critics of Hawley/Cruz/Trump allege that he bears moral responsibility for the storming of the Capitol and the five deaths it caused.

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current president of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and a television personality.

Born and raised in Queens, New York City, Trump attended Fordham University for two years and received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He became president of his father Fred Trump's real estate business in 1971, where he renamed it The Trump Organization, and expanded its operations to building or renovating skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. Trump later started various side ventures, mostly by licensing his name. Trump and his businesses have been involved in more than 4,000 state and federal legal actions, including six bankruptcies. He owned the Miss Universe brand of beauty pageants from 1996 to 2015, and produced and hosted the reality television series The Apprentice from 2004 to 2015.

After considering running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, Trump sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, and thwarted the expectation of pundits by winning the nomination and eventually the presidency in a victory over Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton. Trump became the oldest president ever elected to a first term, the first without prior governmental or military experience, and the fifth to be elected while losing the popular vote. During his presidency, Trump ordered a travel ban on citizens from several Muslim-majority countries. He enacted a tax-cut package for individuals and businesses and rescinded the individual health insurance mandate penalty of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but has failed to repeal and replace the ACA as a whole. He appointed Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. In foreign policy, Trump generally pursued policies favored by the Republican Party's right wing, withdrawing the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations, the Paris Agreement on climate change, and the Iran nuclear deal. He imposed import tariffs which triggered a trade war with China, moved the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, and withdrew U.S. troops from northern Syria. He met three times with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, in an attempt to negotiate a denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

The economy grew rapidly in the first three years of Trump's term, a continuation of a trend that began under his predecessor, Barack Obama. Impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Trump's fourth year in office was a time of recession. Trump's critics allege that he bears responsibility for this poor economic performance, noting that he reacted slowly to the pandemic, downplayed the threat, ridiculed the idea of wearing masks, and ignored or contradicted many recommendations from health officials. In light of the recession during his fourth year in office, Trump became the first President since Herbert Hoover to lose jobs during his term in office.

Throughout his life and especially during his presidency, has been repeatedly accused of corruption, repeatedly lying to the public, inciting violence, and bigotry against women and minorities. During his first foray into Republican politics in 2011, Trump used numerous media appearances to promote the "Birther" conspiracy theory, according to which Barack Obama, America's first African American president, was born in Kenya and ineligible to be President of the United States. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump referred to Mexican immigrants as "rapists" and questioned whether a Mexican-American could serve as a judge in a case involving Trump. Following his defeat in the 2020 presidential election, Trump promoted the baseless conspiracy theory that the election had been stolen from him; his conspiracy theory motivated rioters to storm the U.S. Capitol building and murder a police officer. Trump's role in instigating these riots led to him becoming the first president to have been twice impeached (the president had been previously impeached for demanding that the president of Ukraine investigate the son of Trump's political rival, Joe Biden, and corruptly conditioning foreign aid to this effect).

Trump article lead outline

1. Biographical basics

2. Business career and entry into politics (incl. 2016 victory over HRC)

3. Policies, (supposed) ideology, and state of U.S. while president

4. Allegations of Corruption, lying, racism, and other malfeasance (mention here impeachment/storming of Capitol)

5. Failed Re-election bid and post-presidency