“We were energy independent one year ago.”
Donald Trump
Former U.S. President. TV interview. Claim dated 2 Mar 2022.
FactCheck.org rated thisNot the Whole Story
What FactCheck.org found
Whether the U.S. was "energy independent" depends on how the term is defined. In many cases, the country still relied on imports of foreign sources of energy, including oil.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (Former U.S. President) made this claim around 2 March 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 March 2022, 7 days later. Its rating was “Not the Whole Story”.
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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