The general message of the article is that Trump is using conspiracy theories to mislead the masses into supporting his extremist views. There is also a link to another BBC article called "How to avoid falling for fake news". Let's use those ideas to see if we are falling for fake news here.

>Don’t be seduced by simplicity

Maybe Trump doesn't have authority over what people believe? People have been believing in conspiracy theories forever... and there have been conspiracies forever. It's not like "conspiracy theory" is something that is false. Powerful people have conspired to lie to the public and do things that benefit themselves forever.

>Be smart to doctored images (in the article, there is a link to another article which says fake images can change people's memories)

The article shows a picture of Trump giving a speech, which is selected to have him with an unflattering face with a subtitle suggesting that he introduced conspiracy theories to the American mainstream. It seems like it is designed to plant into people's memories that he is the one doing this. They could have linked to an actual video where he actually said anything about Illuminati or other secret societies, but since no such videos exist, they have to plant these ideas by carefully selected images and associated subtitles. I mean a lot of the people seem to believe that Trump is a "racist" and a "sexist" despite there being no videos of him ever saying anything racist or sexist. Unflattering picture plus a TV comedy shows saying that he said those things to change people's memories?

>Accept your ignorance

OK. I don't know much about American politics or media or British politics or media for that matter. But I have been exposed to it because apparently no matter how unrelated an internet community or a discussion topic is, American politics finds it's way through.

>Look beyond your bubble

I try.

>Consider the opposite

OK. Let's see:

# The 45th President of the United States was a notorious “birther”
- Barack Obama's half brother, Malik Obama, is also a "birther"
so maybe there's more to it? Maybe Obama was not born in the
USA and they actually fabricated the evidence? I mean Obama
was the president during the time and it couldn't have been
that much difficult to fabricate a birth certificate. Also,
the woman who issued it died in a plane crash a few years later
(http://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/health-director-who-approved-obama-birth-certificate-dies-plane-crash-f2D11732106).
Could just be a coincidence but I'm just considering the opposite.

# He also accused various US states of voter fraud
- I think most people agree with the idea of voter fraud and
election hacking. So, maybe there was some fraud?

# Pizzagate
- Pedophiles with powerful political connections is not a new
thing. Jeffery Epstein, a friend of Bill Clinton, is serving time
because of pedophilia related crimes. The images in the alleged Pizza
place instagram were very creepy to say the least
(https://steemit.com/pizzagate/@rebelskum/james-alefantis-once-public-instagram-jimmycomet-now-preserved-on-steemit-blockchain).

# Bowling Green Massacre
- Maybe there was a massacre... which was classified and she leaked
it and then later covered it up? Just considering the opposite.

Just to consider the opposite of what the article is suggesting, maybe the powerful people in the world do conspire to keep their power? Powerful people do seem to meet in private, every once in a while. Why would they not discuss how to keep their power and ways to deal with their enemies?