變更

特朗普在[[2016年美國總統選舉共和黨初選|党内初选]]中击败了16名对手，这也是美国历史上最多的候选人数。2016年3月3日，他基本被确定成为共和党总统提名人。<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/reince-priebus-donald-trump-is-nominee-222767 |title=RNC Chairman: Trump is our nominee |last=Nussbaum |first=Matthew |date=2016-05-03 |publisher=Politico.com |accessdate=2016-05-04}}</ref>特朗普的竞选活动受到了少见的党外和党内抵制<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Republicans_who_opposed_the_Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign,_2016|title=List_of_Republicans_who_opposed_the_Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign,_2016}}</ref>，包括来自2008年共和党总统候選人[[约翰·麦凯恩]]、2012年共和党总统候選人[[米特·羅姆尼]]等<ref>[http://news.tvb.com/world/56d8bb876db28ce931000000 羅姆尼嚴厲批評特朗普 指其無當總統判斷力]，2016-03-04，[[無綫新聞]]</ref>。<br/>

新闻辟谣组织指责特朗普与其它候选人相比，制造了达到创纪录数量的虚假言论。<ref name="whoppers">{{cite web |url=http://www.factcheck.org/2015/12/the-king-of-whoppers-donald-trump/ |title=The 'King of Whoppers': Donald Trump |publisher=[[FactCheck.org]] |date=2015-12-21}}</ref><ref name="year">{{cite web |url=http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2015/dec/21/2015-lie-year-donald-trump-campaign-misstatements/ |title=2015 Lie of the Year: the campaign misstatements of Donald Trump |publisher=[[PolitiFact.com]] |date=2015-12-21 |first1=Angie Drobnic |last1=Holan |first2=Linda |last2=Qiu}}</ref><ref name="wapo-false">{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Farhi |title=Think Trump's wrong? Fact checkers can tell you how often. (Hint: A lot.) |date=2016-02-26 |website=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-existential-crisis-of-professional-factcheckers-in-the-year-of-trump/2016/02/25/e994f210-db3e-11e5-81ae-7491b9b9e7df_story.html}}</ref>至少四个大型媒体机构—— Politico、《华盛顿邮报》、《纽约时报》和《洛杉矶时报》曾指出他在竞选活动中的说辞裡说谎和虚假的部分。<ref>{{cite news |publisher=CNN |url=http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/25/media/newspapers-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-lies/index.html |title=The weekend America's newspapers called Donald Trump a liar |first=Brian |last=Stelter |date=2016-09-26}}</ref>但他也被认为是在通过发表过激言论来吸引媒体注意，获取{{le|Earned_media|Earned_media|免费媒体曝光}}。<ref>{{cite news |first=Jack |last=Shafer |title=Did We Create Trump? |date=May 2016 |website=[[Politico]] |quote=...Trump's outrageous comments about John McCain, Muslims, the 14th Amendment and all the rest...|url=http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/did-media-reporters-create-trump-2016-campaign-213840}}</ref>{{sfn|Trump|Schwartz|2009|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ye6e_VxM00kC&pg=PA56 56]}}

==== 總統選舉 ====