“Said of the findings in a case against his charitable foundation: "All they found was incredibly effective philanthropy and some small technical violations, such as not keeping board minutes.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Spins the Facts
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.
“Even if you listen to the very good conversation that I had — a very, very good, no-pressure, congenial conversation with the new president of Ukraine — he had some things that were not flattering to say about her [former U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch]. And that came out of the blue.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
“Says "Stacey Abrams wants to give illegal aliens the right to vote.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“We have numbers that just came out where not including taxes, the median household income for the average American has increased $5,000 in a very short time since I’ve been president.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Shaky Estimate
“According to polls "people don’t want anything to do with impeachment.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
“We don’t want to be involved in the border. The border between Turkey and Syria — they’ve been fighting for hundreds of years, they’ve been fighting for centuries.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
“How many more Never Trumpers will be allowed to testify about a perfectly appropriate phone call when all anyone has to do is READ THE TRANSCRIPT!”
FactCheck.org rated this: Not the Whole Story
“President Donald Trump re-election ad said he’s "cutting illegal immigration in half.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“George Washington, he ran his business simultaneously while he was president.”
PolitiFact rated this: Needs some context
“Says the Army officer who listened to the July 25 call with Ukraine and testified about it is a "Never Trumper.”
PolitiFact rated this: No sign of bias
“I still ask the FBI: Where is the server? How come the FBI never got the server from the DNC? Where is the server? I want to see the server. Let’s see what’s on the server. So, the server, they say, is held by a company whose primary ownership individual is from Ukraine.”
Washington Post rated this: Conspiracy theory
“You know, we call it a safe zone. But it was anything but a safe zone. Turkey has lost thousands and thousands of people from that safe zone.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“Median household income under eight years of Obama was up $975. That’s eight years. Under eight years of President Bush — we had President Obama, $975. President Bush, $400. Eight years, eight years, $400, $975. Me, two and a half years, it’s up $7,000. $5,000 plus $2,000 for the tax cut that everybody got.”
Washington Post rated this: Two Pinocchios
“Says in his 2000 book "I was talking about Osama bin Laden. I said, ‘You have to kill him. You have to take him out.’”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Says his impeachment is a "coup.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“The previous administration spent no money on [ending the AIDS epidemic] and we’re spending a lot.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
“We were supposed to be there for 30 days. That was almost 10 years ago.”
Washington Post rated this: False
“We have an obligation to investigate corruption [in Ukraine and other countries]. And that’s what it was.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
“I give away my salary. … They say that no other president has done it. … They think George Washington did, but they say no other.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Others Have Refused Salary
“They’ve been fighting for 300 years that we know of, 300 years.”
Washington Post rated this: Not the Whole Story