Latest Fact-checks in Trade Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category National Taxpayers Union stated on October 10, 2018 in Washington Examiner op-ed: "The latest round of tariffs now means that the total tax increase on Americans from enacted tariffs exceeds the tax increases from the Affordable Care Act." Donald Trump stated on October 1, 2018 in a White House press event: "Since NAFTA’s adoption, the United States racked up trade deficits totaling more than $2 trillion." Donald Trump stated on September 20, 2018 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity: Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, "we lost thousands of plants." Donald Trump stated on September 20, 2018 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity: Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, "we lost millions of jobs." Sonny Perdue stated on July 26, 2018 in a press release: "America’s hard-working agricultural producers … have taken a disproportionate hit when it comes to illegal retaliatory tariffs." Bloggers stated on July 31, 2018 in a blog post: Says Donald Trump contradicted his own administration when he said the decision to allow blueprints for 3D-printed guns to be distributed "doesn’t seem to make much sense." Donald Trump stated on July 31, 2018 in rally in Tampa: "U.S. Steel just announced that they are building six new steel mills." The Other 98% stated on July 24, 2018 in a Facebook post: "Trump just gave a $12 billion bailout to farmers hurt by his failed tariffs. This will cost every household in the U.S. $95 … Trump is borrowing the money from China since his tax cuts blew a trillion dollar hole in the deficit." Senate Leadership Fund stated on July 24, 2018 in a campaign ad: Says Sen. Joe Donnelly’s "family got caught outsourcing jobs to Mexico, and ‘Mexico Joe’ profited up to $80,000." Donald Trump stated on July 20, 2018 in a tweet: "The price of soybeans has fallen 50% since 5 years before the election. A big reason is bad (terrible) trade deals with other countries." Donald Trump stated on June 28, 2018 in a speech in Mount Pleasant, Wis.: "The European Union … they send us Mercedes, they send us -- by the millions -- the BMWs -- cars by the millions." Donald Trump stated on June 8, 2018 in a tweet: "Canada charges the U.S. a 270% tariff on Dairy Products! They didn’t tell you that, did they? Not fair to our farmers!" Kevin McCarthy stated on June 3, 2018 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "If you are talking about Canada .. our wine cannot sit on their supermarkets." Ben Sasse stated on May 31, 2018 in a statement: "We’ve been down this road before—blanket protectionism is a big part of why America had a Great Depression." Mike Braun stated on April 30, 2018 in GOP debate: Says Luke Messer and Todd Rokita "voted to fast-track Obama’s trade deals." Don Blankenship stated on May 1, 2018 in a debate: "Mitch McConnell was one of the few senators that voted after Tiananmen Square not to have punitive actions against China for human rights violations." Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2018 in a press conference: "The United States has a massive trade deficit with Japan. It's anywhere from $69 billion to a $100 billion a year." Donald Trump stated on April 9, 2018 in in a tweet: "When a car is sent to the United States from China, there is a Tariff to be paid of 2 1/2%. When a car is sent to China from the United States, there is a Tariff to be paid of 25%." Donald Trump stated on March 23, 2018 in in a news conference: "Last year we lost $500 billion on trade with China." Donald Trump stated on March 14, 2018 in a private fundraising appearance: In Japan, "they take a bowling ball from 20 feet up in the air and they drop it on the hood of the car. And if the hood dents, then the car doesn't qualify...It's horrible, the way we're treated." Donald Trump stated on March 15, 2018 in a tweet: "We do have a Trade Deficit with Canada, as we do with almost all countries (some of them massive)." Donald Trump stated on March 6, 2018 in in a press conference : Says the U.S. steel and aluminum industry is "a fraction of what it once was." Leah Vukmir stated on January 25, 2018 in an article : Says Sen. Tammy Baldwin "claims to support a 'Buy America' philosophy, but her actions speak louder than her empty words." Donald Trump stated on March 8, 2018 in remarks before a Cabinet meeting: American aluminum and steel "are vital to our national security. ... They are the bedrock of our defense industrial base." Angus King stated on March 4, 2018 in in an interview: "China, my understanding is, supplies 4 percent of the steel in the U.S." Laurence Tribe stated on March 2, 2018 in a tweet: President Donald "Trump’s latest set of sanctions against companies and countries benefiting North Korea includes every nation but one making shipments to (North Korea). The one nation Trump exempted from his punitive ban was . . . wait for it . . . drumroll: Russia." Stuart Varney stated on March 2, 2018 in an interview on "Fox and Friends": "Electrolux, Sweden's largest appliance maker, has just abandoned a $250 million investment in the United States because of the steel tariffs. That is retaliation." Donald Trump stated on January 16, 2018 in a speech at a women's event in Washington: "Chrysler is leaving Mexico and moving back to Michigan." Donald Trump stated on August 22, 2017 in a rally in Phoenix: "We have become an energy exporter for the first time ever just recently." Pat Robertson stated on July 12, 2017 in an interview with President Donald Trump: Russian natural gas company "Gazprom held Europe by the throat -- they were a monopoly, and now the U.S. is breaking into that monopoly with our exports of (liquefied natural gas)."
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National Taxpayers Union stated on October 10, 2018 in Washington Examiner op-ed: "The latest round of tariffs now means that the total tax increase on Americans from enacted tariffs exceeds the tax increases from the Affordable Care Act." Donald Trump stated on October 1, 2018 in a White House press event: "Since NAFTA’s adoption, the United States racked up trade deficits totaling more than $2 trillion." Donald Trump stated on September 20, 2018 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity: Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, "we lost thousands of plants." Donald Trump stated on September 20, 2018 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity: Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, "we lost millions of jobs." Sonny Perdue stated on July 26, 2018 in a press release: "America’s hard-working agricultural producers … have taken a disproportionate hit when it comes to illegal retaliatory tariffs." Bloggers stated on July 31, 2018 in a blog post: Says Donald Trump contradicted his own administration when he said the decision to allow blueprints for 3D-printed guns to be distributed "doesn’t seem to make much sense." Donald Trump stated on July 31, 2018 in rally in Tampa: "U.S. Steel just announced that they are building six new steel mills." The Other 98% stated on July 24, 2018 in a Facebook post: "Trump just gave a $12 billion bailout to farmers hurt by his failed tariffs. This will cost every household in the U.S. $95 … Trump is borrowing the money from China since his tax cuts blew a trillion dollar hole in the deficit." Senate Leadership Fund stated on July 24, 2018 in a campaign ad: Says Sen. Joe Donnelly’s "family got caught outsourcing jobs to Mexico, and ‘Mexico Joe’ profited up to $80,000." Donald Trump stated on July 20, 2018 in a tweet: "The price of soybeans has fallen 50% since 5 years before the election. A big reason is bad (terrible) trade deals with other countries." Donald Trump stated on June 28, 2018 in a speech in Mount Pleasant, Wis.: "The European Union … they send us Mercedes, they send us -- by the millions -- the BMWs -- cars by the millions." Donald Trump stated on June 8, 2018 in a tweet: "Canada charges the U.S. a 270% tariff on Dairy Products! They didn’t tell you that, did they? Not fair to our farmers!" Kevin McCarthy stated on June 3, 2018 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "If you are talking about Canada .. our wine cannot sit on their supermarkets." Ben Sasse stated on May 31, 2018 in a statement: "We’ve been down this road before—blanket protectionism is a big part of why America had a Great Depression." Mike Braun stated on April 30, 2018 in GOP debate: Says Luke Messer and Todd Rokita "voted to fast-track Obama’s trade deals." Don Blankenship stated on May 1, 2018 in a debate: "Mitch McConnell was one of the few senators that voted after Tiananmen Square not to have punitive actions against China for human rights violations." Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2018 in a press conference: "The United States has a massive trade deficit with Japan. It's anywhere from $69 billion to a $100 billion a year." Donald Trump stated on April 9, 2018 in in a tweet: "When a car is sent to the United States from China, there is a Tariff to be paid of 2 1/2%. When a car is sent to China from the United States, there is a Tariff to be paid of 25%." Donald Trump stated on March 23, 2018 in in a news conference: "Last year we lost $500 billion on trade with China." Donald Trump stated on March 14, 2018 in a private fundraising appearance: In Japan, "they take a bowling ball from 20 feet up in the air and they drop it on the hood of the car. And if the hood dents, then the car doesn't qualify...It's horrible, the way we're treated." Donald Trump stated on March 15, 2018 in a tweet: "We do have a Trade Deficit with Canada, as we do with almost all countries (some of them massive)." Donald Trump stated on March 6, 2018 in in a press conference : Says the U.S. steel and aluminum industry is "a fraction of what it once was." Leah Vukmir stated on January 25, 2018 in an article : Says Sen. Tammy Baldwin "claims to support a 'Buy America' philosophy, but her actions speak louder than her empty words." Donald Trump stated on March 8, 2018 in remarks before a Cabinet meeting: American aluminum and steel "are vital to our national security. ... They are the bedrock of our defense industrial base." Angus King stated on March 4, 2018 in in an interview: "China, my understanding is, supplies 4 percent of the steel in the U.S." Laurence Tribe stated on March 2, 2018 in a tweet: President Donald "Trump’s latest set of sanctions against companies and countries benefiting North Korea includes every nation but one making shipments to (North Korea). The one nation Trump exempted from his punitive ban was . . . wait for it . . . drumroll: Russia." Stuart Varney stated on March 2, 2018 in an interview on "Fox and Friends": "Electrolux, Sweden's largest appliance maker, has just abandoned a $250 million investment in the United States because of the steel tariffs. That is retaliation." Donald Trump stated on January 16, 2018 in a speech at a women's event in Washington: "Chrysler is leaving Mexico and moving back to Michigan." Donald Trump stated on August 22, 2017 in a rally in Phoenix: "We have become an energy exporter for the first time ever just recently." Pat Robertson stated on July 12, 2017 in an interview with President Donald Trump: Russian natural gas company "Gazprom held Europe by the throat -- they were a monopoly, and now the U.S. is breaking into that monopoly with our exports of (liquefied natural gas)."
National Taxpayers Union stated on October 10, 2018 in Washington Examiner op-ed: "The latest round of tariffs now means that the total tax increase on Americans from enacted tariffs exceeds the tax increases from the Affordable Care Act."
Donald Trump stated on October 1, 2018 in a White House press event: "Since NAFTA’s adoption, the United States racked up trade deficits totaling more than $2 trillion."
Donald Trump stated on September 20, 2018 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity: Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, "we lost thousands of plants."
Donald Trump stated on September 20, 2018 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity: Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, "we lost millions of jobs."
Sonny Perdue stated on July 26, 2018 in a press release: "America’s hard-working agricultural producers … have taken a disproportionate hit when it comes to illegal retaliatory tariffs."
Bloggers stated on July 31, 2018 in a blog post: Says Donald Trump contradicted his own administration when he said the decision to allow blueprints for 3D-printed guns to be distributed "doesn’t seem to make much sense."
Donald Trump stated on July 31, 2018 in rally in Tampa: "U.S. Steel just announced that they are building six new steel mills."
The Other 98% stated on July 24, 2018 in a Facebook post: "Trump just gave a $12 billion bailout to farmers hurt by his failed tariffs. This will cost every household in the U.S. $95 … Trump is borrowing the money from China since his tax cuts blew a trillion dollar hole in the deficit."
Senate Leadership Fund stated on July 24, 2018 in a campaign ad: Says Sen. Joe Donnelly’s "family got caught outsourcing jobs to Mexico, and ‘Mexico Joe’ profited up to $80,000."
Donald Trump stated on July 20, 2018 in a tweet: "The price of soybeans has fallen 50% since 5 years before the election. A big reason is bad (terrible) trade deals with other countries."
Donald Trump stated on June 28, 2018 in a speech in Mount Pleasant, Wis.: "The European Union … they send us Mercedes, they send us -- by the millions -- the BMWs -- cars by the millions."
Donald Trump stated on June 8, 2018 in a tweet: "Canada charges the U.S. a 270% tariff on Dairy Products! They didn’t tell you that, did they? Not fair to our farmers!"
Kevin McCarthy stated on June 3, 2018 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "If you are talking about Canada .. our wine cannot sit on their supermarkets."
Ben Sasse stated on May 31, 2018 in a statement: "We’ve been down this road before—blanket protectionism is a big part of why America had a Great Depression."
Mike Braun stated on April 30, 2018 in GOP debate: Says Luke Messer and Todd Rokita "voted to fast-track Obama’s trade deals."
Don Blankenship stated on May 1, 2018 in a debate: "Mitch McConnell was one of the few senators that voted after Tiananmen Square not to have punitive actions against China for human rights violations."
Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2018 in a press conference: "The United States has a massive trade deficit with Japan. It's anywhere from $69 billion to a $100 billion a year."
Donald Trump stated on April 9, 2018 in in a tweet: "When a car is sent to the United States from China, there is a Tariff to be paid of 2 1/2%. When a car is sent to China from the United States, there is a Tariff to be paid of 25%."
Donald Trump stated on March 23, 2018 in in a news conference: "Last year we lost $500 billion on trade with China."
Donald Trump stated on March 14, 2018 in a private fundraising appearance: In Japan, "they take a bowling ball from 20 feet up in the air and they drop it on the hood of the car. And if the hood dents, then the car doesn't qualify...It's horrible, the way we're treated."
Donald Trump stated on March 15, 2018 in a tweet: "We do have a Trade Deficit with Canada, as we do with almost all countries (some of them massive)."
Donald Trump stated on March 6, 2018 in in a press conference : Says the U.S. steel and aluminum industry is "a fraction of what it once was."
Leah Vukmir stated on January 25, 2018 in an article : Says Sen. Tammy Baldwin "claims to support a 'Buy America' philosophy, but her actions speak louder than her empty words."
Donald Trump stated on March 8, 2018 in remarks before a Cabinet meeting: American aluminum and steel "are vital to our national security. ... They are the bedrock of our defense industrial base."
Angus King stated on March 4, 2018 in in an interview: "China, my understanding is, supplies 4 percent of the steel in the U.S."
Laurence Tribe stated on March 2, 2018 in a tweet: President Donald "Trump’s latest set of sanctions against companies and countries benefiting North Korea includes every nation but one making shipments to (North Korea). The one nation Trump exempted from his punitive ban was . . . wait for it . . . drumroll: Russia."
Stuart Varney stated on March 2, 2018 in an interview on "Fox and Friends": "Electrolux, Sweden's largest appliance maker, has just abandoned a $250 million investment in the United States because of the steel tariffs. That is retaliation."
Donald Trump stated on January 16, 2018 in a speech at a women's event in Washington: "Chrysler is leaving Mexico and moving back to Michigan."
Donald Trump stated on August 22, 2017 in a rally in Phoenix: "We have become an energy exporter for the first time ever just recently."
Pat Robertson stated on July 12, 2017 in an interview with President Donald Trump: Russian natural gas company "Gazprom held Europe by the throat -- they were a monopoly, and now the U.S. is breaking into that monopoly with our exports of (liquefied natural gas)."
