“They say the ocean will rise one-eighth of an inch over the next 200 to 300 years.”
What PolitiFact found
Experts predict rises in sea level many times larger than Trump's claim. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said U.S. sea level in 2100 is projected to be at least 2 feet higher on average than in 2000.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (Former president) made this claim around 15 November 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 November 2022, 2 days 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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