Donald Trump

According to a new study, short-term exposure to Trump’s 2016 immigration policies was enough to trigger an anxiety response among the Latino population in America. The findings, published in the journal Group Processes & Relations, additionally suggest that this anxiety...

Donald Trump appears to have benefited from a rally-round-the-flag effect among Republicans concerned with COVID-19 during the early stages of the novel coronavirus outbreak in the United States, according to new research published in PLOS One. But this effect had...

New research from the University of California at Irvine suggests that Donald Trump's tweets influenced the spread of misinformation about COVID-19. The study, which appears in JAMA Network Open, examined social media data from Twitter to capture changes in the...

New research published in Early Human Development found a higher risk of periviable birth among Latina women whose pregnancy coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign. Periviable births are severely premature births occurring between 20 and 25 weeks of pregnancy...

People who voted for Donald Trump and feel warmly towards him tend to score higher on a measure of egocentric victimhood, according to new research published in the scientific journal Political Behavior. Those who exhibit heightened levels of systemic victimhood,...

Donald Trump was viewed as a low-trust individual as a presidential candidate and this perception did not improve overall after he entered the highest office in the United States, according to new research published in American Behavioral Scientist. Despite the...

In both the lead up to and the immediate aftermath of the US presidential election, President Donald Trump made claims of voter fraud and a rigged election, using all channels available to him, including Twitter. Despite the apparent lack of...

Support for President Donald Trump is linked to intentions to defy social distancing guidelines meant to slow the spread of COVID-19, according to new research published in the journal Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. On March 11, 2020,...

Sleep deprivation is known to have large neurobehavioral impacts. New research indicates that the President of the United States is not immune from these negative consequences. The study, published in Economic Letters, suggests that Donald Trump's sleeping habits have become...

New research provides evidence that ethnic antagonism has a substantial negative effect on Republicans' commitment to democracy. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, indicates that perceptions that minorities have taken more than their fair...

A new study suggests that engaging with negative content on social media can lead to reduced activation of the prefrontal cortex and impairments in executive functioning. The findings were published in Social and Affective Neuroscience. While it has been established...

A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that the American public is highly susceptible to endorsements from public leaders regarding unproven COVID-19 drug therapies — even when such drugs have been linked to fatal poisonings. Although no current drug...

It is no surprise that Donald Trump's use of Twitter can influence political attitudes. But new research provides evidence that his tweets can alter consumer perceptions as well. The study, published in Political Research Quarterly, suggests that Trump's calls to...

President Donald Trump frequently refers to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 as the "China virus." New research indicates that his followers are more likely than other Americans to admit they would engage in discriminatory behavior toward people of Asian descent. Besides...

A new study provides insight into the unique contributions of sexist, racist, and nationalist beliefs on the outcome of the 2016 U.S. election. The study, published in PLOS One, found that Modern Racism significantly predicted voting behavior. Despite most polls...