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President of the United States. 1,168 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2018 to 2026. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.

Checked by FactCheck.org17 Feb 2023United States
Donald Trump, Former U.S. president

“Two Jan. 6, 2021, tweets that the “highly partisan January 6th Committee” tried to hide have now been “fully restored” by Twitter and "fully exonerate me.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts

FactCheck.org says: The committee didn't attempt to hide Trump’s tweets from Jan. 6. They were included, and discussed at length, in the final report, which suggests the tweets do not “fully exonerate” him.

Donald Trump, former president

“As president, Donald Trump “marshaled the full power of government to stop deadly drugs, opioids, and fentanyl from coming into our country. As a result, drug overdose deaths declined nationwide for the first time in nearly 30 years.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: The overdose death rate did drop in 2018. But this is a cherry-picked view of the trends on Trump’s watch. In the other three of his four years in office, the overdose death rate rose, including a record jump in 2020.

Donald Trump, former president

“The revelation of massive & widespread fraud & deception” in the 2020 election “allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”

PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire

PolitiFact says: Trump’s own advisers, federal and state officials, and judges nationwide found no widespread fraud in the 2020 election. There is no mechanism for the “termination” of constitutional rules because of undesired election r

Donald Trump, Former President of the United States

“In 2018, "when votes were being stolen by the corrupt Election process in Broward County ... I sent in the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys. ... I stopped his [Ron DeSantis'] Election from being stolen.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: A spokesman for the county elections office said there was no "federal law enforcement presence" and "no evidence of corruption" in that election.