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Donald Trump

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.org18 Sep 2020United StatesHealth
Donald Trump, President

“We will start distributing [a coronavirus vaccine] immediately. …To the general public, very shortly there — I mean, really, to the general public: immediately.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: Officials expect only a limited number of vaccine doses will be available in 2020 — and those will be given to prioritized groups. Members of the general public may not be able to receive a shot until well into 2021.

Donald Trump, President

“Unfortunately, this [in Minneapolis] went on for a week or a week and a half before he allowed us to bring in the National Guard. When we brought in the National Guard, everything stopped, the crime was gone meaning the whole thing. But by that time a big portion of the city was burned down.”

Washington Post rated this: False

Washington Post says: Trump falsely suggests he had something to do with the decision to send the National Guard into Minneapolis amid violence and protests of the killing of George Floyd in police custody.