“image on Facebook, supposedly of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy kneeling behind the desk of United States counterpart Donald Trump”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
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“post claiming that President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning all National Resistance Movement (NRM) supporters from travelling to the US or obtaining birthright citizenship”
PesaCheck rated this: Partly False
“It’s “official” that President Donald Trump is signing an “order from Elon Musk giving taxpayers who have filed their 2024 tax returns a stimulus check for $5,000.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: President Donald Trump has not signed an order to give $5,000 checks to all American taxpayers. We found no White House announcements or news reports about this.
“video shared on Facebook, purportedly of US President Donald Trump’s promise to make Biafra independent”
PesaCheck rated this: Fake
“video claiming that United States President Donald Trump has commented on abductions and disappearances targeting the youth in Uganda”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
“Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said, “I told President (Donald) Trump the best way to make rapists and criminals feel unwelcome in the U.S. is for their citizens to stop electing them.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: PolitiFact reviewed Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s public statements and found no evidence that she said this. We also found no credible news reports about this purported exchange between Sheinbaum and President …
“video shared on Facebook, purportedly of United States President Donald Trump’s speech on former Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua”
PesaCheck rated this: Fake
“a video claiming to show South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, responding to his US counterpart Donald Trump, after Washington imposed 100 per cent tariffs on BRICS nations and stopped antiretroviral aid to Pretoria”
PesaCheck rated this: Missing Context
“This TikTok video claiming to show United States President Donald Trump threatening to deport all Ghanaians living in the country”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
“Video shows President Donald Trump saying Mexicans call him “peachy cool arrow.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“US President Donald Trump ordered the release of the John F. Kennedy assassination video.”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The video of former US President John F. Kennedy’s assassination had been online much before President Trump’s 23 January 2025 executive order to declassify records for transparency and public access. The executive orde…
“video purporting to show United States President Donald Trump deporting undocumented migrants to their countries of origin”
PesaCheck rated this: Missing Context
“video in which United States President Donald Trump, purportedly permits Uganda to invade any country in Africa, except South Sudan”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
“video of United States President Donald Trump purportedly acknowledging former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and condemning abductions in Kenya during his inauguration”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
“video shared on TikTok purporting to show former Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagaua arriving in Washington, United States, for President Donald Trump’s inauguration”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
“A 35-second clip from U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent inaugural ceremony has gone viral on social media, claiming that the authorities asked Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to leave the event”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“image on TikTok claiming to show a photo of Ugandan politician Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine meeting United States President Donald Trump”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
“Video shows footage of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump extending an invitation to former president Rodrigo Duterte.”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
Vera Files says: As can be seen in the full video from Business World's YouTube channel, Trump did not extend an invitation to Duterte but expressed appreciation and praise for the Philippines as host of the US-ASEAN summit.
“United States President-elect Donald Trump has visited Vice President Sara Duterte to forge an alliance with her family”
Vera Files rated this: False
Vera Files says: Trump has not visited Duterte nor did he enter into an alliance with her family. There was also no official announcement from the Trump camp nor any Philippine and U.S. government agency that he intends to visit the OVP.
“The video shows a U.S. law student questioning Islam’s portrayal, Muslim representation, and ideologies with weapons to Donald Trump’s 2024 cabinet picks.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video, dating back to 17 June 2014 is of a panel discussion held by The Heritage Foundation on the 2012 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya. It is not from 2024 or recent years. Notably, Barack Obama was t…