“The Biden administration began “a long-term communications fix that is still underway that [President Donald Trump] is now passing off as his idea.”
Pete Buttigieg
Former U.S. Transportation Secretary. Claim dated 10 Nov 2025.
FactCheck.org rated thisNot the whole story
What FactCheck.org found
A project called NextGen has been updating the air traffic control system since 2003 -- parts of that project are still ongoing.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Pete Buttigieg (Former U.S. Transportation Secretary) made this claim around 10 November 2025. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 December 2025, 43 days later. Its rating was “Not the whole story”.
Pete Buttigieg has 33 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 5 of them false or fake, 17 misleading or mixed and 5 true.
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