Latest False Fact-checks on Donald Trump 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 Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in a debate: Says ballots in Wisconsin “are being dumped in rivers” or creeks. Donald Trump stated on October 6, 2020 in a tweet: “Many people every year, sometimes over 100,000, and despite the vaccine, die from the flu … we are learning to live with Covid, in most populations far less lethal." Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in a presidential debate: Poll watchers in Philadelphia “were thrown out.” Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: Before the coronavirus pandemic, the United States had “the greatest economy in the history of our country.” Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: In manufacturing, "I brought back 700,000 jobs. (Obama and Biden) brought back nothing." Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first 2020 presidential debate: Says Joe Biden “had 308,000 military people dying because you couldn’t provide them proper healthcare in the military.” Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in First presidential debate: "You said you went to Delaware State but you forgot the name of your college." Donald Trump stated on September 17, 2020 in Speech: Says under U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal proposal, “Cows are out.” Donald Trump stated on September 22, 2020 in a speech: Says Joe Biden's plan for net-zero emissions "would instantly shut down all fracking and all mining immediately in Pennsylvania." Donald Trump stated on September 10, 2020 in a speech at a rally in Michigan: "After the last administration nearly killed the US auto industry, I saved the U.S. auto industry ... We brought you a lot of car plants… (and Japan) “announced five car companies are coming to Michigan.” Donald Trump stated on September 1, 2020 in News release: “Biden failed to condemn far-left violent groups like Antifa, instead faulting only the brave men and women of law enforcement.” Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2020 in a press conference: “The entire city (of Portland) is ablaze all the time.” Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2020 in Media briefing: Says video shows Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with killing two protesters in Kenosha, "was trying to get away from them" ... "fell, and then they violently attacked him." Donald Trump stated on August 20, 2020 in a speech: “Cuomo ended cash bail ... and now the crime rate has gone through the roof.” Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2020 in a speech at the RNC: Says Joe Biden “is even talking about taking the wall down.” Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2020 in a tweet: Says President Barack Obama “spied on my campaign, and got caught!” Donald Trump stated on August 17, 2020 in a speech: The coronavirus has seen a “big surge in New Zealand. It's terrible. We don't want that." Donald Trump stated on August 18, 2020 in a tweet: “In California, Democrats have intentionally implemented rolling blackouts.” Donald Trump stated on August 17, 2020 in a campaign rally speech in Wisconsin: "Our (COVID-19) numbers are better than almost all countries." Donald Trump stated on August 8, 2020 in press briefing in Bedminster, N.J.: “The Democrats don’t want to do anything having to do with protecting people from eviction.” Donald Trump stated on August 5, 2020 in a Fox and Friends interview: Children are “almost immune from this disease.” Donald Trump stated on July 20, 2020 in Campaign ad: Says “Joe Biden is absolutely on board with defunding the police.” Donald Trump stated on July 30, 2020 in a press conference: Absentee voting is different from mail-in voting and has more protections against fraud. Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2020 in an interview with Fox News' Chris Wallace: “We have one of the lowest mortality rates in the world” from COVID-19. Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in White House Rose Garden: Says Joe Biden plans to “mandate net-zero carbon emissions for homes, offices and all new buildings by 2030. That basically means no windows, no nothing.” Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in a White House speech: Under Joe Biden’s policy, immigrants in the country illegally “get welfare benefits. United States citizens don't get what they're looking to give illegal immigrants.” Donald Trump stated on July 4, 2020 in a Fourth of July speech: Says 99% of COVID-19 cases “are totally harmless.” Donald Trump stated on June 23, 2020 in a tweet: COVID-19 cases are “up only because of our big number testing.” Donald Trump stated on June 20, 2020 in a campaign rally: “Joe Biden and the Democrats want to prosecute Americans for going to church, but not for burning a church.” Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2020 in a speech: “President Obama and Vice President Biden never even tried to fix this (police reforms) during their eight-year period.”
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Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in a debate: Says ballots in Wisconsin “are being dumped in rivers” or creeks. Donald Trump stated on October 6, 2020 in a tweet: “Many people every year, sometimes over 100,000, and despite the vaccine, die from the flu … we are learning to live with Covid, in most populations far less lethal." Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in a presidential debate: Poll watchers in Philadelphia “were thrown out.” Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: Before the coronavirus pandemic, the United States had “the greatest economy in the history of our country.” Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: In manufacturing, "I brought back 700,000 jobs. (Obama and Biden) brought back nothing." Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first 2020 presidential debate: Says Joe Biden “had 308,000 military people dying because you couldn’t provide them proper healthcare in the military.” Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in First presidential debate: "You said you went to Delaware State but you forgot the name of your college." Donald Trump stated on September 17, 2020 in Speech: Says under U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal proposal, “Cows are out.” Donald Trump stated on September 22, 2020 in a speech: Says Joe Biden's plan for net-zero emissions "would instantly shut down all fracking and all mining immediately in Pennsylvania." Donald Trump stated on September 10, 2020 in a speech at a rally in Michigan: "After the last administration nearly killed the US auto industry, I saved the U.S. auto industry ... We brought you a lot of car plants… (and Japan) “announced five car companies are coming to Michigan.” Donald Trump stated on September 1, 2020 in News release: “Biden failed to condemn far-left violent groups like Antifa, instead faulting only the brave men and women of law enforcement.” Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2020 in a press conference: “The entire city (of Portland) is ablaze all the time.” Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2020 in Media briefing: Says video shows Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with killing two protesters in Kenosha, "was trying to get away from them" ... "fell, and then they violently attacked him." Donald Trump stated on August 20, 2020 in a speech: “Cuomo ended cash bail ... and now the crime rate has gone through the roof.” Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2020 in a speech at the RNC: Says Joe Biden “is even talking about taking the wall down.” Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2020 in a tweet: Says President Barack Obama “spied on my campaign, and got caught!” Donald Trump stated on August 17, 2020 in a speech: The coronavirus has seen a “big surge in New Zealand. It's terrible. We don't want that." Donald Trump stated on August 18, 2020 in a tweet: “In California, Democrats have intentionally implemented rolling blackouts.” Donald Trump stated on August 17, 2020 in a campaign rally speech in Wisconsin: "Our (COVID-19) numbers are better than almost all countries." Donald Trump stated on August 8, 2020 in press briefing in Bedminster, N.J.: “The Democrats don’t want to do anything having to do with protecting people from eviction.” Donald Trump stated on August 5, 2020 in a Fox and Friends interview: Children are “almost immune from this disease.” Donald Trump stated on July 20, 2020 in Campaign ad: Says “Joe Biden is absolutely on board with defunding the police.” Donald Trump stated on July 30, 2020 in a press conference: Absentee voting is different from mail-in voting and has more protections against fraud. Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2020 in an interview with Fox News' Chris Wallace: “We have one of the lowest mortality rates in the world” from COVID-19. Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in White House Rose Garden: Says Joe Biden plans to “mandate net-zero carbon emissions for homes, offices and all new buildings by 2030. That basically means no windows, no nothing.” Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in a White House speech: Under Joe Biden’s policy, immigrants in the country illegally “get welfare benefits. United States citizens don't get what they're looking to give illegal immigrants.” Donald Trump stated on July 4, 2020 in a Fourth of July speech: Says 99% of COVID-19 cases “are totally harmless.” Donald Trump stated on June 23, 2020 in a tweet: COVID-19 cases are “up only because of our big number testing.” Donald Trump stated on June 20, 2020 in a campaign rally: “Joe Biden and the Democrats want to prosecute Americans for going to church, but not for burning a church.” Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2020 in a speech: “President Obama and Vice President Biden never even tried to fix this (police reforms) during their eight-year period.”
Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in a debate: Says ballots in Wisconsin “are being dumped in rivers” or creeks.
Donald Trump stated on October 6, 2020 in a tweet: “Many people every year, sometimes over 100,000, and despite the vaccine, die from the flu … we are learning to live with Covid, in most populations far less lethal."
Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in a presidential debate: Poll watchers in Philadelphia “were thrown out.”
Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: Before the coronavirus pandemic, the United States had “the greatest economy in the history of our country.”
Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: In manufacturing, "I brought back 700,000 jobs. (Obama and Biden) brought back nothing."
Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first 2020 presidential debate: Says Joe Biden “had 308,000 military people dying because you couldn’t provide them proper healthcare in the military.”
Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in First presidential debate: "You said you went to Delaware State but you forgot the name of your college."
Donald Trump stated on September 17, 2020 in Speech: Says under U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal proposal, “Cows are out.”
Donald Trump stated on September 22, 2020 in a speech: Says Joe Biden's plan for net-zero emissions "would instantly shut down all fracking and all mining immediately in Pennsylvania."
Donald Trump stated on September 10, 2020 in a speech at a rally in Michigan: "After the last administration nearly killed the US auto industry, I saved the U.S. auto industry ... We brought you a lot of car plants… (and Japan) “announced five car companies are coming to Michigan.”
Donald Trump stated on September 1, 2020 in News release: “Biden failed to condemn far-left violent groups like Antifa, instead faulting only the brave men and women of law enforcement.”
Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2020 in a press conference: “The entire city (of Portland) is ablaze all the time.”
Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2020 in Media briefing: Says video shows Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with killing two protesters in Kenosha, "was trying to get away from them" ... "fell, and then they violently attacked him."
Donald Trump stated on August 20, 2020 in a speech: “Cuomo ended cash bail ... and now the crime rate has gone through the roof.”
Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2020 in a speech at the RNC: Says Joe Biden “is even talking about taking the wall down.”
Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2020 in a tweet: Says President Barack Obama “spied on my campaign, and got caught!”
Donald Trump stated on August 17, 2020 in a speech: The coronavirus has seen a “big surge in New Zealand. It's terrible. We don't want that."
Donald Trump stated on August 18, 2020 in a tweet: “In California, Democrats have intentionally implemented rolling blackouts.”
Donald Trump stated on August 17, 2020 in a campaign rally speech in Wisconsin: "Our (COVID-19) numbers are better than almost all countries."
Donald Trump stated on August 8, 2020 in press briefing in Bedminster, N.J.: “The Democrats don’t want to do anything having to do with protecting people from eviction.”
Donald Trump stated on August 5, 2020 in a Fox and Friends interview: Children are “almost immune from this disease.”
Donald Trump stated on July 20, 2020 in Campaign ad: Says “Joe Biden is absolutely on board with defunding the police.”
Donald Trump stated on July 30, 2020 in a press conference: Absentee voting is different from mail-in voting and has more protections against fraud.
Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2020 in an interview with Fox News' Chris Wallace: “We have one of the lowest mortality rates in the world” from COVID-19.
Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in White House Rose Garden: Says Joe Biden plans to “mandate net-zero carbon emissions for homes, offices and all new buildings by 2030. That basically means no windows, no nothing.”
Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in a White House speech: Under Joe Biden’s policy, immigrants in the country illegally “get welfare benefits. United States citizens don't get what they're looking to give illegal immigrants.”
Donald Trump stated on July 4, 2020 in a Fourth of July speech: Says 99% of COVID-19 cases “are totally harmless.”
Donald Trump stated on June 23, 2020 in a tweet: COVID-19 cases are “up only because of our big number testing.”
Donald Trump stated on June 20, 2020 in a campaign rally: “Joe Biden and the Democrats want to prosecute Americans for going to church, but not for burning a church.”
Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2020 in a speech: “President Obama and Vice President Biden never even tried to fix this (police reforms) during their eight-year period.”
