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Latest Fact-Checks On Donald Trump

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Donald Trump
stated on April 23, 2026 in remarks at the White House:
“We are right now producing more oil than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined.”
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By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on September 20, 2024 in a 2024 campaign ad:
Kamala Harris “supports taxpayer-funded sex changes for prisoners and illegal aliens.”
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By Grace Abels • October 18, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on March 4, 2023 in a speech:
“We banned transgender” people from serving in the military.
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By Maria Ramirez Uribe • March 8, 2023
Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2020 in an executive order:
“For example, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, my Administration implemented a program to provide any individual without health-insurance coverage access to necessary COVID‑19‑related testing and…
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By Julie Appleby • October 1, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on June 23, 2020 in a tweet:
As of June 23, the COVID-19 death rate is “way down.”
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By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2020 in remarks at a public event in Des Moines:
“Under three years of my administration, net farm income has already gone up nearly 50%.”
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By Julia Shanahan • May 22, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on March 24, 2020 in a campaign ad:
Says Nancy Pelosi’s coronavirus bill includes “tax credits for solar and wind energy … retirement plans for community newspaper employees … $300 million for PBS…
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By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on March 12, 2020 in a tweet:
“During the 2009 swine flu outbreak, Biden made reckless comments unsupported by science & the experts. The Obama Admin had to clean up his mess…
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By Samantha Putterman • March 13, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2020 in a public forum:
“Very close to 160 million people are now working in the United States. Nobody’s ever even come close to that number.”
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By Haley BeMiller • February 7, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2020 in a campaign speech:
Says Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani “was a designated terrorist by President Obama, who didn’t do anything about it.”  
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By Tom Kertscher • January 16, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on November 4, 2019 in a campaign email to Vermont media:
“President Trump has lifted the prospect of voters across Vermont, overseeing a 11,742 decline of Vermont residents on food stamps.”
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By Xander Landen • November 7, 2019
Donald Trump
stated on August 13, 2019 in a speech:
“From 2010 to 2017, natural gas production plummeted by nearly 70 percent in New York, but it soared almost 1,000 percent in Pennsylvania.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 4, 2019
Donald Trump
stated on August 5, 2019 in a speech:
“Last year, we prosecuted a record number of firearms offenses.”
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By Amy Sherman • August 5, 2019
Donald Trump
stated on June 26, 2019 in a tweet from the Trump campaign:
Says Cory Booker has accepted over $400,000 from the pharmaceutical industry during his political career.  
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By Jon Greenberg • July 2, 2019
Donald Trump
stated on May 16, 2019 in an immigration speech:
“Only 12% of legal immigrants are selected based on skill or based on merit. In countries like Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and others, that…
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By Miriam Valverde • May 24, 2019
Donald Trump
stated on October 2, 2018 in a rally in Southaven, Miss.:
Says Sen. Richard Blumenthal “lied about his service” in Vietnam.
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By Jon Greenberg • October 4, 2018
Donald Trump
stated on October 1, 2018 in a White House press event:
“Since NAFTA’s adoption, the United States racked up trade deficits totaling more than $2 trillion.”
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By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2018
Donald Trump
stated on September 20, 2018 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity:
Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, “we lost thousands of plants.”
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By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2018
Donald Trump
stated on September 6, 2018 in a rally in Billings, Mont.:
“When Abraham Lincoln made the Gettysburg Address speech, the great speech, do you know he was ridiculed? He was ridiculed.”
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By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2018
Donald Trump
stated on June 19, 2018 in speech at the National Federation of Independent Businesses 75th Anniversary Celebration:
“There’s been a 1,700 percent increase in asylum claims over the last 10 years.”
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By Manuela Tobias • June 21, 2018
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