“We have numbers that just came out where not including taxes, the median household income for the average American has increased $5,000 in a very short time since I’ve been president.”
Donald Trump
President of the United States. White House. Claim dated 16 Oct 2019.
FactCheck.org rated thisShaky Estimate
In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 16 October 2019. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 November 2019, 21 days later. Its rating was “Shaky Estimate”.
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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