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Donald Trump

Donald Trump

Donald Trump is the president of the United States; he was elected Nov. 5, 2024, and began his second presidential term Jan. 20, 2025. He defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, four years after losing his reelection bid to Joe Biden in 2020. Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016.  He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year. 

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Latest Fact-Checks By Donald Trump

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Donald Trump
stated on October 4, 2026 in a Truth Social post:
Brazil’s quick election results are proof that places like Detroit, Philadelphia and California “take weeks to rig” their elections.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 5, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on September 21, 2026 in an X post:
Roy Cooper was “in New York speaking at a New York Times ‘Climate Forward’ event” when Hurricane “Helene slammed into North Carolina.”
False
By Paul Specht • October 5, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on October 1, 2026 in a Truth Social post:
“I stated, numerous times, that it would take 4-6 weeks to get rid of THE IRAN NUCLEAR THREAT, and I did it in one night!”
False
By Amy Sherman, Maria Briceño • October 2, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on September 22, 2026 in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly:
The people who warned of climate change, the “Russia hoax” and the “Ukraine hoax” are the same people “now saying that AI is going to kill us all.”
False
By Caleb McCullough, Loreben Tuquero • September 22, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on August 10, 2026 in remarks in the Oval Office:
When the measles, mumps and rubella vaccines are given together in the combined MMR vaccine, “there could be a possibility they’re quite lethal.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Madison Czopek • August 11, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on August 10, 2026 in remarks while signing an executive order:
There are vaccines the size of a “bottle of soda … poured into a little child’s body.”
Pants on Fire!
By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson • August 11, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on August 4, 2026 in a Fox News interview:
Prices are “all coming down now. The food, the groceries, it’s all coming down.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 10, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on August 4, 2026 in una entrevista en Fox News :
En Venezuela, “Estamos ganando cientos de miles de millones de dólares (en ingresos petroleros), y ellos también”.
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on August 4, 2026 in a Fox News interview:
In Venezuela, “We’re making hundreds of billions of dollars (in oil revenue), and so are they.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on August 3, 2026 in remarks in the Oval Office:
“There was vandalism” at the Reflecting Pool.
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on July 22, 2026 in a speech in Georgia:
“They caught thousands of votes in New Jersey where illegal aliens were allowed to vote. Thousands and thousands.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • July 24, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on July 8, 2026 in remarks at a press conference:
The AI industry needs “more energy than the entire country produces right now … In fact some people say almost double.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on July 8, 2026 in remarks to reporters:
President Joe Biden “raised the cost of housing by 40 and 50% — the cost of (a) rental — because they were housing illegal aliens in all of those empty units.”
Mostly False
By Carsten Oyer • July 10, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on July 1, 2026 in remarks to reporters:
“You know why I’m profiting? Because the stock market’s going up. … I’m profiting because I have a lot of money and a lot of cash.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on June 30, 2026 in a Truth Social post:
“The United States Supreme Court just ruled against men playing in women’s sports.”
Half-True
By Caleb McCullough • July 1, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on June 23, 2026 in a speech in Macungie, Pennsylvania:
In the past 13 months, “The typical 401(k) … is up almost $30,000.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 25, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on May 22, 2026 in remarks in Suffern, New York:
“No Republican wins in Nassau.”
Mostly False
By Conor Amendola • June 12, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on June 7, 2026 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
The ongoing ballot counting in California means “they’re cheating on the election.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • June 8, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on May 31, 2026 in a Truth Social post:
Says his cognitive test results showed he has “extreme intelligence.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 3, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on May 18, 2026 in remarks at the White House:
“There’s been numerous other occasions over the years” when the federal government created a reserve similar to a new $1.776 billion anti-weaponization settlement fund.
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2026
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Latest Fact-Checks About Donald Trump

Social Media
stated on July 6, 2025 in a TikTok video:
The Trump administration “has defunded not only the National Weather Service but also what’s known as NOAA.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Ella Moore, Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2025
Viral image
stated on March 31, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Says Elon Musk wrote on X, “The DOGE team has discovered tens of millions of dollars spent on golf by a single government official.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
Viral image
stated on March 29, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Video shows “how Denmark reacted when Trump said he wanted to buy Greenland.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
Viral image
stated on April 1, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Says President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, “I am ending dual citizenship under the Espionage Act and all these traitors will be ‘denaturalized and deported.’”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
Viral image
stated on February 12, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard and President Donald Trump at her swearing-in.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 14, 2025
Viral image
stated on February 9, 2025 in a Threads post:
Video shows President Donald Trump was “booed at the Super Bowl.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 11, 2025
Viral image
stated on February 9, 2025 in an Instagram post:
Photo shows someone raising two middle fingers at President Donald Trump at the 2025 Super Bowl.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 11, 2025
Viral image
stated on January 31, 2025 in an Instagram post:
An image of a website error code shows the Trump administration “trolling” former Vice President Kamala Harris.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 7, 2025
Threads posts
stated on January 29, 2025 in a Threads post:
A Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol rioter pardoned by President Donald Trump was “killed when she used her 2A rights with a shotgun while being served for eviction.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 31, 2025
Viral image
stated on January 25, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Video shows “Donald Trump just announced that America will no longer give visas to Nigerians.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 31, 2025
Threads posts
stated on January 24, 2025 in a Threads post:
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamie Raskin “have filed articles of impeachment against President Trump for pardoning the J6 prisoners.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 29, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on January 25, 2025 in a Facebook post:
“President Trump just announced full nationwide concealed carry reciprocity.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 29, 2025
Viral image
stated on January 27, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Image shows President Donald Trump’s response “to Selena Gomez’ meltdown.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 28, 2025
Threads posts
stated on January 23, 2025 in a Threads post:
“The Fraternal Order of Police, the largest police union in the country, just released a statement rescinding their endorsement of President Trump.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 28, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on January 21, 2025 in a Facebook post:
“FEMA has been directed back to North Carolina with $2 billion in emergency funds: ‘We transferred it from the programs that fund welfare for illegals. They don’t be needing it.’”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 24, 2025
Threads posts
stated on January 21, 2025 in a Threads post:
President Donald Trump declared “a state of emergency in Florida because of snow.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 24, 2025
Viral image
stated on January 20, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Image shows President Donald Trump responding to a picture rapper Ye drew of them.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 23, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on January 23, 2025 in a Facebook post:
President Donald Trump “just reversed all the cost caps Biden negotiated for anyone on Medicare or Medicaid.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • January 23, 2025
Threads posts
stated on December 2, 2024 in a video:
Video shows Fox News host Jeanine Pirro criticizing President-elect Donald Trump.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 10, 2024
Viral image
stated on November 27, 2024 in a Threads post:
Donald Trump ordered the “Dallas Police Department and Dallas Attorney General’s Office to begin the preparation for the arrest” of a suspect in John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 3, 2024
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