“Every place in the country where you have no cash bail is a disaster.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Unsupported
FactCheck.org says: The balance of crime data doesn’t support the idea that crime has worsened as a result of the policies.
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.
“States are merely an 'agent' for the Federal Government in counting and tabulating the votes. They must do what the Federal Government, as represented by the President of the United States, tells them, FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY, to do.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The Constitution gives states the authority to run elections, with oversight from Congress, and the president has no direct role.
“With voting machines, "They say we're going to have the results in two weeks. With paper ballots, you have the results that night.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Machines that tabulate votes are faster and more accurate ballot-counters than humans, according to studies and past election experience. Eliminating vote-counting machines and relying solely on humans to count paper ba…
“We are now the only country in the world that uses mail-in voting.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Die Kriminalität im District of Columbia ist außer Kontrolle geraten.”
Deutsche Welle rated this: Irreführend/ Misleading
“In Washington, D.C., “murders in 2023 reached the highest rate probably ever.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The city’s murder rate did increase in 2023 to the highest rate in 20 years, but it wasn’t the highest ever. (The highest was in 1991.) And murders have decreased since 2023..
“Bureau of Labor Statistics employment numbers “were rigged” when the agency revised them “down by almost 900,000 jobs” after the 2024 election.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced an 818,000-job downward revision as part of a standard, annual review process in 2024. The agency didn’t keep this secret until after the November election. It released the data …
“After firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, Trump claimed: "Last weeks Job’s Report was RIGGED, just like the numbers prior to the Presidential Election were Rigged.”
FactCheck.org rated this: No Evidence
FactCheck.org says: There's no evidence the commissioner, or others at BLS, manipulated the data, and Trump hasn't provided any.
“Aucun pays européen n’a donné d’aide humanitaire à Gaza”
RTBF rated this: Faux
“You ought to be speaking about Bill Clinton, who went to the island 28 times," referring to Jeffrey Epstein’s private island.”
FactCheck.org rated this: No Evidence
FactCheck.org says: Former President Bill Clinton flew multiple times on airplanes belonging to the late Jeffrey Epstein. Available flight logs show no evidence that Clinton visited Epstein’s private island in the Caribbean.
“Obama allegedly was arrested by FBI agents in the Oval Office, handcuffed in the presence of Donald Trump, and later put behind bars in an orange jumpsuit.”
Deutsche Welle rated this: Fake, AI-generated
“In 2016, after Donald Trump won the presidency, then-President Barack Obama was “trying to lead a coup” with Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: A coup would have involved efforts to keep Donald Trump from taking office in 2016. Former President Barack Obama did not do that.
“It was announced that the United States Treasury ran a budget surplus ... in June, for the first time in many, many decades.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Exaggerated
FactCheck.org says: The U.S. had not recorded a surplus in June since 2016 – but the country has had several surpluses in other months since that time.
“China doesn’t “have a lot of wind farms. … Very, very few.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: China has about 44% of the world’s wind farm capacity, ranking No. 1 globally and almost tripling what the U.S. has.
“The One Big Beautiful Bill will deliver the promise of “no tax on Social Security.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: As a 2024 candidate, Donald Trump promised to end the taxation of Social Security. Both the House and Senate versions of his "Big Beautiful Bill" would cut taxes for many Social Security beneficiaries, but they would no…
“If the “Big Beautiful Bill” passes, "hardworking Americans and families will see an average increase in take-home pay of OVER $10,000 per year.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The analysis is based on the White House’s projections about how the bill will boost the economy. But independent groups project much smaller economic gains from the bill, and a much more limited boost to take-home pay.
“New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a communist.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“It was my great honor to Destroy All [of Iran's] Nuclear facilities & capability.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Exaggerated
FactCheck.org says: U.S. strikes didn’t completely destroy the sites or Iran’s nuclear capabilities, according to experts we spoke with and a classified U.S. intelligence report.
“We’ve taken in $88 billion in tariffs in two months. $88 billion with no inflation.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Exaggerated
FactCheck.org says: The U.S. has collected more than $80 billion in tariff revenue for the current fiscal year – but not for any two-month period in that time. Economists predict that higher tariffs will increase inflation in the coming mo…
“On federalizing the National Guard in Los Angeles: “The head of the police in Los Angeles ... he was actually saying we really did need this help. It had gotten away from them. It had long gotten away, and we gave it to him.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
FactCheck.org says: That's not what Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said. On the third day of protests, McDonnell did say his city police officers were “overwhelmed as far as the number of people out there engaged in this type of ac…