“The price of "bacon is up five times" under President Joe Biden.”
What PolitiFact found
At its peak under Biden, the price of bacon rose by 30%, not the 400% that it would be if Trump’s "five times" comment was correct. And it has fallen since then to a net increase of 11.5%.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (former president) made this claim around 17 September 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 September 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
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.
Where the claim appeared
- nbcnews.comhttps://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/transcripts/full-transcript-read-meet-the-press-kr…
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