“Who can get elected with high interest rates, open borders, food that costs 40 percent, 50 percent, 60 percent more than it did just a few years ago?”
Donald Trump
Former U.S. president. remarks at a speech to the National Rifle Association. Claim dated 9 Feb 2024.
Washington Post rated thisFalse
What Washington Post found
Food prices are up 20%
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (Former U.S. president) made this claim around 9 February 2024. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 February 2024, 7 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.
Where the claim appeared
- c-span.orghttps://www.c-span.org/video/?533497-1/donald-trump-speaks-national-rifle-association-gat…
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Related checks
- PolitiFact: Mostly False“Food “costs 40%, 50%, 60% more than it did just a few years ago.”