“It was announced that the United States Treasury ran a budget surplus ... in June, for the first time in many, many decades.”
Donald Trump
U.S. President. Claim dated 14 Jul 2025.
FactCheck.org rated thisExaggerated
What FactCheck.org found
The U.S. had not recorded a surplus in June since 2016 – but the country has had several surpluses in other months since that time.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (U.S. President) made this claim around 14 July 2025. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 July 2025, 4 days later. Its rating was “Exaggerated”.
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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