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Daily dose of false claims made by Donald Trump, sourced from PolitiFact.
📡 Verified fact-checks • 🔥 No spin • 🤖 Automated

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🔥 Trump Claim: “Says that at Beto O’Rourke’s rally in El Paso, there were "200 people, 300 people."”
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on February 11, 2019 in a speech in El Paso, Texas:
🔗 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/12/donald-trump/did-beto-orourke-attract-only-200-or-300-people-hi/
January 17, 2026 at 3:22 AM
🔥 Trump Claim: “"Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy."”
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on September 16, 2016 in a speech:
🔗 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/16/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-claim-hillary-clinton-/
January 17, 2026 at 1:28 AM
🔥 Trump Claim: “Says Joe Biden “has effectively ordered a shutdown of ICE, halting virtually all deportations…”
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on February 28, 2021 in a CPAC speech:
January 16, 2026 at 10:24 PM
🔥 Trump Claim: ““My tariffs … are helping to slash the deficit this year by more than 25%.””
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on November 12, 2025 in an X post:
🔗 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/nov/14/donald-trump/tariff-deficit-reduction-25-percent/
January 16, 2026 at 8:22 PM
🔥 Trump Claim: ““With the historic Abraham Accords, I even made peace in the Middle East.””
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on December 2, 2023 in a speech in Iowa:
🔗 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/05/donald-trump/trump-claims-he-made-peace-in-the-middle-east-with/
January 16, 2026 at 2:24 PM
🔥 Trump Claim: “Vice President Kamala Harris “even wants to legalize fentanyl.””
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on September 29, 2024 in a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania:
🔗 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/oct/01/donald-trump/trump-said-harris-wants-to-legalize-fentanyl-thats/
January 16, 2026 at 12:42 PM
🔥 Trump Claim: ““They’re still counting the (2024 election) vote in some areas.””
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on January 7, 2025 in a press conference:
🔗 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/jan/07/donald-trump/congress-certified-trumps-2024-win-the-next-day-he/
January 16, 2026 at 10:26 AM
🔥 Trump Claim: “Washington, D.C., has 41 homicides per 100,000 people, “No. 1 that we can find anywhere in the world.””
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on August 11, 2025 in a speech:
🔗 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/aug/12/donald-trump/washington-dc-homicide-rate-international/
January 16, 2026 at 8:30 AM
🔥 Trump Claim: “"I had previously said that NATO was obsolete because it faile…”
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on August 15, 2016 in a speech on foreign policy in Youngstown, Ohio:
January 16, 2026 at 6:32 AM
🔥 Trump Claim: “Says the United States loses "250 Billion Dollars a year on illegal immigration, not including th…”
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on December 4, 2018 in in a tweet:
January 16, 2026 at 4:38 AM
🔥 Trump Claim: “Says under U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal proposal, “Cows are out.””
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on September 17, 2020 in Speech:
🔗 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/28/donald-trump/trump-misses-mark-claim-green-new-deal-proposal-wa/
January 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
🔥 Trump Claim: “Says the GOP plan he supports is "the biggest tax cut in U.S. history."”
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on October 25, 2017 in a tweet:
🔗 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/26/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-his-tax-plan-biggest-cut-ever/
January 15, 2026 at 4:35 PM
🔥 Trump Claim: ““They’re still counting the (2024 election) vote in some areas.””
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on January 7, 2025 in a press conference:
🔗 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/jan/07/donald-trump/congress-certified-trumps-2024-win-the-next-day-he/
January 15, 2026 at 2:28 PM
🔥 Trump Claim: “Credit card companies would be “in violation of the law” if they don’t cap interest rates a…”
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on January 11, 2026 in remarks to reporters:
January 15, 2026 at 12:44 PM
🔥 Trump Claim: “Kamala Harris “supported abolishing ICE.””
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on July 24, 2024 in a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina:
🔗 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/29/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-misleading-statement-t/
January 15, 2026 at 10:26 AM
🔥 Trump Claim: “Says his job approval poll numbers are "not bad" relative to other presidents at this point in his presidency.”
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on July 16, 2017 in a tweet:
🔗 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/17/donald-trump/trumps-false-claim-his-presidential-approval-ratin/
January 15, 2026 at 8:33 AM
🔥 Trump Claim: “Before the coronavirus pandemic, the United States had “the greatest economy…”
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate:
January 15, 2026 at 4:42 AM
🔥 Trump Claim: ““The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors.””
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on January 5, 2021 in a tweet:
🔗 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/05/donald-trump/does-mike-pence-have-power-reject-electoral-colleg/
January 15, 2026 at 3:43 AM
🔥 Trump Claim: “Nikki Haley “opposed Trump’s border wall” and “Trump’s travel ban.””
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on January 3, 2024 in a TV ad:
🔗 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jan/05/donald-trump/donald-trump-ad-wrongly-describes-nikki-haleys-pos/
January 15, 2026 at 1:39 AM
🔥 Trump Claim: “"Yesterday we had the strongest dollar in the history of our country."”
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on August 21, 2019 in remarks at the White House:
🔗 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/22/donald-trump/donald-trump-incorrect-us-dollar-strongest-its-eve/
January 14, 2026 at 10:23 PM
🔥 Trump Claim: “Vice President Kamala Harris’ “60 Minutes” interview may be “a major Campaign Finance Violation.””
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on October 9, 2024 in a Truth Social post:
🔗 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/oct/12/donald-trump/trump-claimed-harris-60-minutes-interview-violated/
January 14, 2026 at 8:22 PM
🔥 Trump Claim: “Says "109 people out of hundreds of thousands of travelers" were affected by…”
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on February 5, 2017 in an interview with Bill O'Reilly:
January 14, 2026 at 6:37 PM
🔥 Trump Claim: “In 2024, “China made $1 trillion off trade with the United States.””
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on April 9, 2025 in remarks at a White House event:
🔗 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/apr/11/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-china-1-trillion-trade-deficit/
January 14, 2026 at 2:27 PM
🔥 Trump Claim: ““If people come into our country illegally, there’s a different standard” for due process.”
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on April 29, 2025 in an interview:
🔗 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/may/08/donald-trump/Donald-Trump-immigrants-illegal-due-process-rights/
January 14, 2026 at 8:32 AM
🔥 Trump Claim: “Changes to DACA during his administration are "because of the pandemic."”
📉 Rated: False
🗓️ stated on October 15, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami:
🔗 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/16/donald-trump/donald-trumps-false-claim-daca-changes-because-pan/
January 14, 2026 at 6:36 AM