“We now have a larger trade deficit … than we’ve ever had with China.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: He would have been right two years ago, but not now.
Joe Biden
president. 509 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2019 to 2024. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.
“Back in January, I wrote an article for USA Today saying, ‘We’ve got a pandemic. We’ve got a real problem.’”
Washington Post rated this: Half true
Washington Post says: Biden overstates what he said in January; he did not flatly say it was a pandemic, but referred to the “possibility of a pandemic."
“If the president had done his job, had done his job from the beginning, all the people would still be alive. All the people. I'm not making this up. Just look at the data.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says President Donald Trump walked across Lafayette Square to a church and held a Bible upside down.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Trump received backlash for his photo-op with a Bible in June, but one part of the criticism isn’t supported by still images and video footage: Trump held the Bible right-side up during the whole event.
“Iran has stockpiled 10 times as much enriched uranium as it had” in 2016.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: Comparing reports from international inspectors, Iran's store of enriched uranium went from not more than 202 kg in 2016 to 2,105 kg in 2020.
“Some of the vaccines "have to be shipped at 70 degrees below zero”
PolitiFact rated this: Accurate
PolitiFact says: The CDC said that the cold chain storage requirements will vary in temperature from refrigerated (2°C to 8°C) to frozen (-15 to -25°C) to ultra-cold (-60°C to -80°C).
“Trump dijo que los supremacistas blancos y neonazis de Charlottesville eran "personas muy buenas" en 2017”
El Detector / Univision Noticias rated this: Falso
“Joe Biden en la que afirma que las prestaciones del Seguro Social se acabarán en apenas tres años, si el presidente Donald Trump realiza unos "recortes planificados" a ese programa.”
El Detector / Univision Noticias rated this: Falso
“Says Donald Trump “let federal contractors double offshoring jobs in his first 18 months in office.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The underlying numbers are basically right, but the time frame is too narrow.
“¿Es Joe Biden "socialista" como alegan los republicanos?”
El Detector / Univision Noticias rated this: Falso
“Joe Biden dice que nunca ha ganado más de $400,000 al año”
Noticias Telemundo rated this: Mayormente falso
“The “U.S. trade deficit is at an all-time high under Trump in the last three years.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The trade deficit in goods was higher under Trump in 2018 and 2019 than during any previous year, though that was not the case in 2017. However, this ignores the substantial trade surplus in services.
“TV ad: "The chief actuary of the Social Security Administration just released an analysis of Trump’s planned cuts to Social Security. .... If Trump gets his way, Social Security benefits will run out in just three years from now.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The Social Security Administration's chief actuary analyzed "hypothetical legislation" that would eliminate the payroll tax that funds Social Security — not a proposal from Trump.
“$400,000 ... is more money than I’ve ever made” in a year.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The Bidens’ adjusted gross income was below $400,000 a year for most of Joe Biden’s career when he was in public service but after he left the vice presidency, it soared into the millions.
“Biden dijo que 'no se aumentarían nuevos impuestos' a quien gane menos de $400,000”
El Detector / Univision Noticias rated this: Verdadero
“Military COVID infected: 118,984. Military COVID deaths: 6,114.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Joe Biden’s campaign said he referred incorrectly to “military” when he meant to say “Michigan” in discussing the number of COVID-19 infections and deaths.
“U.S. trade deficit is at an all-time high under Trump in the last three years.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The trade deficit for goods and services has grown under Trump compared with the levels under his predecessor. But the deficit was at much higher levels between 2004 and 2008.
“El candidato presidencial demócrata Joe Biden aparece durmiendo durante una entrevista matutina”
El Detector / Univision Noticias rated this: Falso
“A Black man invented the light bulb, not a white guy named Edison.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Biden greatly exaggerates to minimize Thomas Edison and credit only Lewis Latimer. Latimer played a lesser role than Edison, and later in the process.
“If Trump gets his way, Social Security benefits will run out in just three years from now.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Trump says he wants a fully funded Social Security program, but he doesn’t want the taxes that pay for it.