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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.

Donald Trump, Former President of the United States

“We will frack, frack, frack and drill, baby, drill. ... I will cut your energy prices in half within 12 months.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Experts Doubt That

FactCheck.org says: Increasing oil and gas supply could bring down prices in the short term, if demand remains the same, but there are several complicating factors to that. Experts didn’t see a way for Trump to lower energy bills by 50%.

Donald Trump, Former President of the United States

“In the response to Hurricane Helene, "while families desperately tried to escape the rising floodwaters and they climbed onto roofs, they did anything they can to live, but Kamala [Harris] didn't send any helicopters to rescue them.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts

FactCheck.org says: There's plenty of evidence that helicopters have been used and that federal, state and local disaster recovery teams have responded to help victims of the storm.

Donald Trump, former president and 2024 Republican presidential nominee

“It has just come out that Democrats in Washington and the Democrat Governor’s Office of North Carolina (Roy Cooper) were blocking people and money from coming into North Carolina.”

PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire

PolitiFact says: Gov. Cooper said Sept. 29 that 550 members of the state National Guard deployed, 24 shelters opened and more than 1,600 state transportation employees and contract crews were working to clear roads. FEMA also sent aid.

Donald Trump, former president of the United States

“The Biden administration stole $1 billion “from FEMA to use it for illegal migrants. … And FEMA is now busted. They don’t have any money.”

PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire

PolitiFact says: FEMA funding for migrants doesn't come at disaster relief’s expense. Trump’s administration shifted FEMA funding — including money from the Disaster Relief Fund — to address immigration. FEMA is not out of money.

Donald Trump, Former U.S. president

“The Harris-Biden administration says they don’t have any money [for hurricane relief]. … They spent it all on illegal migrants. … They stole the FEMA money just like they stole it from a bank, so they could give it to their illegal immigrants that they want to have vote for them.”

Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios

Washington Post says: No FEMA money was taken from disaster relief for migrants

Checked by FactCheck.org4 Oct 2024United States
Donald Trump, Former President of the United States

“Kamala Harris "endorsed free sex changes for illegal aliens in detention centers all over our country at taxpayer expense.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Needs Context

FactCheck.org says: The government must provide medical care to prisoners and immigrant detainees. Harris expressed support in a 2019 questionnaire for “medically necessary” gender-affirming care for federal prisoners and detainees.