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191 Things Donald Trump Has Said and Done That Make Him Unfit to Be President

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Refused to rule out using nuclear weapons against ISIS

Said that the U.S. military should withdraw from Japan and South Korea and allow those countries to defend themselves with nuclear weapons

Suggested the U.S. should reduce its debts by partially defaulting on them

Suggested the U.S. won’t come to NATO allies’ military aid

Described global warming as a hoax perpetrated by “the Chinese” for competitive reasons

Made fun of a reporter’s physical disability   See video

Called Mexican immigrants rapists   Note from Ben Mathis-Lilley

Filed for corporate bankruptcy four times

Founded Trump University, which a salesman called “a fraudulent scheme [that] preyed upon the elderly and uneducated”

Proposed to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants

Repeatedly claimed, falsely, to have opposed the Iraq war   Note from Jim Newell

Repeatedly suggested that President Obama might be a Muslim

Reportedly asked national security advisers why the U.S. can’t use nuclear weapons

Said about women, “You have to treat ’em like shit”

Said he doesn’t “have the time” to read books

Suggested that Gold Star mother and Muslim Ghazala Khan remained silent because she “wasn’t allowed to have anything to say”   See video

Suggested that he might refuse to serve as president if elected   See more

Earned millions from failing casinos by shifting the debt burden to investors

Has been a plaintiff in at least 1,900 lawsuits and a defendant in 1,450 more

Refused to release his tax returns during the campaign

Called for a ban on Muslims entering the U.S.   Note from Josh Voorhees

Called for the construction of a wall across the U.S.-Mexico border to prevent immigration   See video

Called for the death penalty for the Central Park Five, five teenagers later exonerated of rape and assault

Called Obama and Clinton the founders of ISIS   See video

Called on Russia to hack Hillary Clinton’s emails

Called Rosie O’Donnell a “big, fat pig”   See more

Called Russia’s 2014 invasion of Ukraine “so smart”

Claimed he’s donated $1 million to veterans’ groups, although none received any money until reporters began investigating

Claimed that “the birther movement was started by Hillary Clinton in 2008”

Compared his “sacrifices” as a businessman with those of parents whose son was killed in war   See video

Defended FDR’s internment of Japanese Americans   See more

Didn’t immediately disavow an endorsement from KKK leader David Duke

Didn’t know the meaning of the term “Brexit” less than a month before the U.K. referendum on leaving the EU

Disparaged Sen. John McCain's military service because he was captured by the North Vietnamese   See video

Ejected a baby from a rally   See video

Endorsed torture   See video

Falsely claimed Chicago police brass told him crime could be ended if they were allowed to be “much tougher”

Hired the editor of white-nationalist website Breitbart as his campaign chief

Named and threatened former students who criticized Trump University

Pointed out a black supporter and said, “Oh, look at my African American over here”   See video

Praised North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un   See video

Praised Saddam Hussein for being good at killing terrorists   See video

Promised to deport U.S. citizens whose parents immigrated illegally, in violation of the 14th Amendment

Proposed a 35 percent tax on Mexican-made cars and trucks, in violation of NAFTA

Proposed a 45 percent tariff on Chinese exports

Proposed to deport his opponent, an American citizen

Proposed to deport his opponent, an American citizen

Questioned President Obama’s American citizenship, bringing the “birther” campaign into the mainstream   Note from Isaac Chotiner

Quoted in a 1991 book as telling a colleague that “laziness is a trait in blacks”

Ran a modeling agency that hired models working illegally in the U.S.

Refused to condemn anti-Semitic attacks on journalists

Refused to take care of his children, saying that husbands who change diapers are “acting like the wife”

Refuses to sell any of his more than 500 businesses if he’s elected, potentially creating unprecedented conflicts of interest

Responded to the murder of 49 people at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub with “Appreciate the congrats for being right on Islamic terrorism”   Note from Gabriel Roth

Retweeted bogus crime statistics that wildly inflated the rate at which blacks kill whites

Said a U.S.-born judge couldn't be impartial because of his “Mexican heritage”   Note from Will Saletan

Said he would force the military to commit war crimes   See video

Said of Carly Fiorina, “Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president?”

Said women should be punished for having abortions   See video

Said women who are sexually harassed at work should “find another career”

Said, “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose voters”   See video

Suggested that Sen. Ted Cruz’s father was involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy   See video

Suggested that supporters who attacked a homeless Hispanic man were “very passionate” and “love their country”   See more

Threatened to “spill the beans” about an unspecified scandal concerning Ted Cruz’s wife, Heidi

Urged supporters to beat up protesters at his rallies   See video

His wife, Melania, plagiarized her convention speech from Michelle Obama, then campaign operatives lied about it   See video

Said that Hillary Clinton “got schlonged” by Obama in 2008   See video

Doesn’t pay his bills

Barred reporters from campaign events for unfavorable coverage   Note from Seth Stevenson

Believes that he would “get along very well” with Vladimir Putin   See video

Believes the world would be “100 percent” better if Saddam Hussein and Muammar Qaddafi were still in power

Blamed sexual assault in the military on “put[ting] men and women together”

Boasted of “employee childcare programs” that are really for hotel guests

Bragged about the size of his penis during a primary debate   Note from Rachael Larimore

Called an attorney who requested a break to pump breast milk “disgusting”   Note from Jessica Winter

Called Elizabeth Warren “the Indian” and “Pocahontas”   See video

Called his opponent “unhinged” and “unbalanced”

Called sexual harassment allegations against Roger Ailes “totally unfounded”

Called the decision to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill “pure political correctness”

Characterized the theme of his administration as “America First”

Claimed a federal spending bill “funds ISIS”

Claimed he saw nonexistent footage of money airlifted from the U.S. to Iran   See video

Claimed he saw thousands of Muslims in New Jersey celebrating the 9/11 attacks   See video

Claimed he’s donated $102 million to charity, although journalists have been unable to find evidence of any substantial donations   Note from Ben Mathis-Lilley

Claimed that American Muslims knew about the Orlando nightclub shooter and San Bernardino terrorists before the attacks   See more

Claimed that the U.S. is being “ripped off” by its fellow members of NATO   Note from Ian Prasad Philbrick

Claimed there’s “no real assimilation” of “second- and third-generation” families from the Middle East

Claimed, falsely, that President Obama “issued a statement for Kwanzaa but failed to issue one for Christmas”

Confused Clinton’s running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, with Tom Kean, Republican governor of New Jersey in the 1980s

Defended then–campaign manager Corey Lewandowski after he physically grabbed a female reporter   See video

Described Fox debate moderator Megyn Kelly as having “blood coming out of her wherever”   See video

Didn't understand the phrase “nuclear triad” during a primary debate   Note from Jim Newell

Directed a female employee not to take lunch orders when visitors came to Trump Tower because he found her insufficiently attractive

Doesn’t allow contributors to cancel recurring donations on his website

Doesn’t know how many articles are in the Constitution

Employed a butler who said President Obama should be “hung for treason”   See more

Employed campaign operatives who scrubbed language supporting Ukraine against Russian aggression from the GOP platform

Entrusted his health to a doctor who described his test results as “astonishingly excellent”

Falsely accused Clinton of rigging the general election debate schedule

Falsely claimed Chicago police brass told him crime could be ended if they were allowed to be “much tougher”

Falsely claimed he “100 percent” owns “the largest winery on the East Coast”

Falsely claimed his opponent wants to admit 620,000 Syrian refugees

Falsely claimed his opponent wants to admit 620,000 Syrian refugees

Falsely claimed his opponent’s plan would provide Social Security benefits to illegal immigrants

Falsely claimed his opponent’s plan would provide Social Security benefits to illegal immigrants

Falsely claimed San Bernardino neighbors saw “bombs all over the floor” but failed to act due to political correctness

Falsely claimed San Bernardino neighbors saw “bombs all over the floor” but failed to act due to political correctness

Falsely claimed that Ferguson, Missouri, and Oakland, California, were “among the most dangerous [places] in the world”

Falsely claimed there have been calls for a moment of silence for Dallas shooter Micah Johnson

Fraternizes with avowed white supremacists on Twitter

Greeted a Miss Universe contestant with a kiss on the lips, which she called “gross” and “inappropriate”

Has insulted 239 candidates, journalists, organizations, countries, sitting politicians, and celebrities on Twitter

Has repeatedly done business with figures linked to organized crime

Hired a former Christie staffer implicated in the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal

Hired a former Christie staffer implicated in the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal

Hired a suspicious number of advisers who have done work on behalf of Vladimir Putin

Hired the editor of white-nationalist website Breitbart as his campaign chief

Included the head of the white nationalist American Freedom Party on a list of California delegates

Included two anti-Sharia cranks on a list of five foreign-policy advisers

Joked about Second Amendment advocates shooting his opponent or her judicial appointees   See video

Kept a collection of Adolf Hitler’s collected speeches in a cabinet by his bed

Kept journalists in restrictive “press pens” on the campaign trail

Launched at least 15 business ventures that went on to fail

Likened the killing of a 21-year-old woman by a drunk-driving undocumented immigrant to ritualistic child sacrifice

Named himself as his primary consultant on foreign policy   See more

Named the person who made up “death panels” to his economic team

Paid campaign money to family members and his own businesses

Picked convention speakers who called for his general-election opponent to be imprisoned

Posted a link to Facebook promoting the conspiracy theory that the Obama administration actively supported al-Qaida in Iraq

Praised an adviser who called for Clinton to be executed   See video

Praised conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, telling him, “I will not let you down”

Praised the U.K.’s vote to leave the EU because a falling pound would be good for his Scottish golf course

Praised Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s brutal response to an attempted coup, giving “great credit to him for turning it around”

Pre-emptively questioned the legitimacy of the election   See video

Pretended to be his own publicist

Proposed to abolish gun-free zones

Proposed to appoint himself U.S. trade representative

Proposed to change libel laws to make it easier to sue media organizations

Proposed to charge American allies for military defense

Proposed to compel Mexico to pay for a border wall

Proposed to create a database system to track Muslims in the U.S.

Proposed to have China assassinate Kim Jong-un

Proposed to try U.S. citizens in Guantanamo Bay military tribunals

Publicly shamed a Miss Universe winner for gaining weight   Note from Jessica Winter

Questioned Ben Carson’s Seventh-day Adventism   See video

Questioned Hillary Clinton’s religion   See more

Questioned Ted Cruz’s evangelical faith   See video

Ran a modeling agency that hired models working illegally in the U.S.

Read out Sen. Lindsey Graham’s personal phone number in a campaign speech   See video

Referred to 9/11 as 7-Eleven   See video

Referred to Tiananmen Square demonstrations as a riot and said the Chinese government’s response “shows you the power of strength”

Repeated a supporter who called Ted Cruz a pussy   See video

Responded to a murder with: “Just what I have been saying. African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!”

Said Gold Star father Khizr Khan attacked him for being tough on terrorism

Said he “can relate” to victims of racism because “even against me the system is rigged.”   See video

Said he wanted to hit Democratic National Convention speakers who criticized him   See video

Said he’s “starting to agree” that his opponent should be imprisoned   See video

Said Khizr Khan “has no right to claim I have never read the Constitution”   See video

Said Mitt Romney would have “dropped to his knees” for an endorsement   See video

Said that “maybe” his employees should feel they have to return quickly from maternity leave or risk being replaced   See more

Said that Black Lives Matter activists are “looking for trouble”

Said, “I think Islam hates us”   See video

Said, “If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS … the pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been president”   See more

Said, “If Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her”   See video

Said, “It doesn’t really matter what [the media] write as long as you’ve got a young and beautiful piece of ass”

Said, “Refugees are trying to take over our children” by telling them “how wonderful Islam is”

Screwed over the USA Freedom Kids, a group of preteen girls who performed at Trump events

Sold Trump University and Trump Institute courses that relied on plagiarized materials

Speculated about his 1-year-old daughter’s future breasts   Note from Christina Cauterucci

Subjected his then-wife Ivana to what she described in a deposition as rape, although she later said she didn’t mean the word literally

Sued a former campaign aide for $10 million for breaching a confidentiality agreement

Suggested that Bill and Hillary Clinton conspired to murder aide Vince Foster

Threatened Amazon as payback for negative coverage in the Washington Post   See more

Threatened to fund a super PAC campaign against his defeated GOP primary rivals if they run again   See video

Threatened to pull the U.S. out of the World Trade Organization   See video

Told a female contestant on Celebrity Apprentice, “That must be a pretty picture, you dropping to your knees”

Told black voters, “You’re living in poverty; your schools are no good; you have no jobs”   See video

Told his security team to confiscate protesters’ coats and “throw them out into the cold”   See video

Took out advertisements alleging that the “Mohawk Indian record of criminal activity is well documented” to fight competition for his casino business

Tried to entice Ohio Gov. John Kasich to be his vice presidential candidate by saying he’d let him control domestic and foreign policy

Tried to set up an investment partnership with Muammar Qaddafi

Tweeted “The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics!”

Tweeted an image that originated on a white-supremacist account containing a star of David over a background of money   Note from Ben Mathis-Lilley

Tweeted: “Our great African American President hasn’t exactly had a positive impact on the thugs who are so happily and openly destroying Baltimore!”

Urged supporters to patrol polling places to combat “election fraud”   See video

Used contributions to the Trump Foundation to buy a helmet and jersey signed by Tim Tebow for $12,000 at a charity auction

Wished for a housing-market crash

Would consider recognizing Crimea as Russian territory and lifting sanctions on Russia