Today’s shake-my-fist-and/or-head post consists of an array of news headlines that have contained the words, “Trump Baselessly Accuses.”  They are sorted from present to past.

• Trump Baselessly Accuses Obama of ‘Treason’…  New York Times, July 22, 2025.

• Trump baselessly accuses news media of ‘illegal’ behavior and corruption in DOJ speech… CNN, March 14, 2025.

• Trump baselessly accuses Ukraine of starting the war and claims Zelenskyy is a dictator… The Journal (Ireland), February 19, 2025.

• Trump Baselessly Accuses Harris of Faking Crowd Size With AI… Drexel News, August 12, 2024.

• Convicted Felon Trump Baselessly Accuses VP, Former Prosecutor Harris of ‘Committing Crimes’…  Rolling Stone, July 24, 2024.

• Trump baselessly accuses Biden of being on Beijing’s payroll… AlterNet, May 21, 2023.

• Trump baselessly accuses John Fetterman of using heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl… The Independent, September 4, 2022.

• Trump baselessly accuses ‘nutjob’ Alec Baldwin of intentionally killing cinematographer… Raw Story, November 5, 2021.

• Trump Baselessly Accuses Doctors of Overreporting Covid Deaths for Financial Gain… Forbes, October 30, 2020.

• Trump baselessly accuses Fauci of being a “Democrat”… Axios, October 15, 2020.

• President Trump baselessly accuses Biden of taking performance-enhancing drugs during primary debates… Business Insider, September 13, 2020.

• Trump Baselessly Accuses ‘Deep State’ at FDA of Delaying Clinical Trials for COVID Vaccine… Talking Points Memo, August 22, 2020.

• Trump baselessly accuses Biden of wanting to abolish suburbs and more… Daily Kos, July 15, 2020.

• Trump Baselessly Accuses Bubba Wallace of Perpetrating ‘HOAX’ with Noose Incident… Talking Points Memo, July 6, 2020.

• Trump Baselessly Accuses Obama of ‘Treason’… HuffPost, June 22, 2020.

[Editor’s Note:  You’re right, you did see that headline before — it was the first one I cited. I could probably devote an entire post to the variant “Trump Repeats Baseless Claim” but even the most deranged TDS-sufferers among us might view that as overkill.  So, moving right along…]

• Trump Baselessly Accuses CNN and MSNBC of Hyping Up ‘Caronavirus’ to Tank the Economy… Mediaite, February 6, 2020.

• Trump baselessly accuses drug industry of fueling impeachment push… Politico, October 3, 2019.

• Trump baselessly accuses Democratic lawmaker of ‘violence’​​ in insane tweet… Raw Story, August 20, 2019.

• Trump baselessly accuses Ilhan Omar of ‘ungrateful US hate statements’… The Independent, April 15, 2019

• Trump baselessly accuses Democrats of inflating Hurricane Maria death toll… Axios, September 13, 2018.

I didn’t think I would make it to twenty, but Hurricane Maria (the occasion of Trump’s infamous paper towel toss) sealed the deal.

Recalling all his baseless accusations has been a real trip down Memory Lane, and by that I mean a dark and dangerous lane where, for years now, a hateful little bully has delighted in terrorizing the neighborhood.