“Under the Biden administration, America was plagued by the nightmare of stagflation, meaning low growth and high inflation, a recipe for misery, failure and decline.”
What FactCheck.org found
Economic experts told us that federal data do not support Trump’s claim that there was economic “stagflation” during the Biden administration. Inflation was high during much of Joe Biden’s presidency, but economic growth was not stagnant, another key indicator of stagflation, the experts said.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (U.S. President) made this claim around 21 January 2026. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 February 2026, 21 days 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.
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.