Donald Trump says his uncle at MIT is the reason he has ‘the highest of IQs.’ Then social media users point out one thing about that he got wrong "I believe in genetics." We Got This Covered · Oct 4
Donald Trump Boasts 'I Have the Highest of IQs' and Lies About His Uncle Teaching the 'Unabomber' President Donald Trump said he had the 'highest of IQs' in a TIME interview and repeated disputed claims about his late uncle's alleged connection to Theodore Kaczynski at MIT. International Business Times UK · Oct 3
Trump insists he has the ‘highest of IQs’ and it’s something he got from his uncle who taught at MIT Trump has previously touted his uncle’s ‘very, very good genes’ The Independent UK · Oct 1
Trump makes the world go nuclear The president's behavior toward Iran and North Korea has incentivized other countries to develop nuclear weapons Salon · Aug 23
Trump’s second term has been rife with bizarre moments – here are seven From derailing meetings by telling fictional stories about serial killers to Davos, the president has left people confused and concerned The Guardian - US · Jan 23
Is Trump mentally OK? A look back at the president’s unusual behavior in 2025 Trump has shown erratic and bizarre behavior throughout the year, leading to questions about his mental acuity The Guardian - US · Dec 24, 2025
‘He has trouble completing a thought’: bizarre public appearances again cast doubt on Trump’s mental acuity Joe Biden was hounded for his age-related gaffes, but Trump’s increasingly strange behavior has largely been ignored The Guardian - US · Aug 3, 2025
White House stonewalls when pressed to explain Trump’s implausible Unabomber story Press Secretary offers non-answer when asked about Trump’s impossible claim that his MIT professor uncle once taught future killer Ted Kaczynski — who never attended MIT The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025
White House fails to clear up Trump’s Unabomber story The White House has failed to provide more details on Donald Trump's claim that his uncle taught the domestic terrorist and mathematician known as the Unabomber. The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025
‘Surprised’ Trump appears to forget he appointed Powell as Fed chair before blaming Biden for keeping him on Seeming gaffe comes a day after he fabricated a story about his uncle and Unabomber Ted Kaczynski The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025
Did Trump’s uncle teach the Unabomber? No. Here’s what really happened Trump falsely claims Unabomber Ted Kaczynski was taught by his uncle, MIT professor John Trump The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025
Trump’s speech in Pennsylvania about his uncle’s connection with the Unabomber raises concerns IN FULL The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025
Trump, 79, forgets who is with him on Pittsburgh trip as rambling talk includes unlikely Unabomber story Oldest person to ever serve as president claimed to have discussed Unabomber Ted Kaczynski with MIT professor uncle who died in 1985 The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2025
COVID amnesia puts US at risk The pandemic has gone so far down the memory hole that it's like it never happened Salon · Mar 12, 2025
The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2024 Steve Bannon is pushing the idea that Trump can run in 2028 (despite what the Constitution says) MAGA acolyte Steve Bannon is currently floating the idea that Donald Trump could run for a third presidential term, even though the United States Constitution says otherwise.
The Conversation · Oct 29, 2024 How Trump’s racist talk of immigrant ‘bad genes’ echoes some of the last century’s darkest ideas about eugenics Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has repeatedly denounced immigrants who enter the U.S. illegally and the danger he says that poor immigrants of color pose for the U.S. – often using hateful language to make his point.
The Guardian - US · Oct 7, 2024 Donald Trump’s Hitlerian logic is no mistake The former president claims to have never read Mein Kampf. But his use of blood and soil rhetoric is deliberate
The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2024 Stephen King compares Trump to a drunk ‘senile uncle’ over weird shark rant Former president bewilders with wild hypothetical about an electric boat’s battery failing in dangerous waters
Salon · Jan 5, 2023 Gaetz votes for Trump as speaker During Thursday's seventh voting session, Gaetz shook things up by dragging Trump into the mix
The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022 Ukraine, nuclear weapons and election delusions: What we learned from Piers Morgan’s interview with Trump Part Two of sit-down with ex-president airs on Tuesday on TalkTV
The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022 Ukraine, nuclear weapons and election delusions: What we learned from Piers Morgan’s interview with Donald Trump Part Two of Morgan’s sit-down with Mr Trump airs Tuesday on TalkTV
Salon · Mar 11, 2022 What broke us: COVID or Trump? COVID politics seeded during Trump's last year in office have shown Americans an ugly side of our culture