“Says as president he has “total” authority to re-open states amid the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Donald Trump
President. Claim dated 13 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
In short
Donald Trump (President) made this claim around 13 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 April 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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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Related checks
- Washington Post: Four Pinocchios“When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total. And that’s the way it’s got to be. It’s total.”