“Former President Donald Trump admitted during the Sept. 10 presidential debate that he “blew up the Nord Stream pipeline.”
Social media posts
Instagram post. Claim dated 12 Sep 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
When former President Donald Trump said, "I ended the Nord Stream 2 pipeline," he referred to sanctions he signed while in office that affected the project’s completion, not a 2022 attack that damaged the pipeline.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 12 September 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 September 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/C_0XMsXx54u/
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