Of course, conspiracy theories are not new to America, nor to Trump. He built his campaign on a stream of racist and xenophobic lies and outrageous claims, an outflow so endless that much of the country (mistakenly) began to shrug them off. For example: the birther lie that President Obama was not born in the United States, which Trump peddled for five years, and the claim that Ted Cruz's father was involved in JFK's assassination. This from a man who seeks to enter the White House.