“Here, in the United States, we are alarmed by the new calls to adopt socialism in our country. America was founded on liberty and independence and not government coercion, domination, and control.”
Donald Trump
U.S. president. in his State of the Union address. Claim dated 5 Feb 2019.
FactStream rated thisMisleads
In short
Donald Trump (U.S. president) made this claim around 5 February 2019. FactStream (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 June 2020, 490 days later. Its rating was “Misleads”.
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.
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