“Fact-check: Donald Trump’s repeated falsehood that he saved the U.S. auto industry”
Donald Trump
former president and 2024 presidential candidate. Claim dated 27 Sep 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Trump neither inherited a nearly dead auto industry nor revived it.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (former president and 2024 presidential candidate) made this claim around 27 September 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 October 2023, 8 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.