President of the United States.
Party: Republican Party · United States · Born 1946-06-14
People · 7 stories · Also known as: Trump, President Donald Trump, President Trump
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7 stories in our coverage over twelve weeks; bar height is the number of stories, colour the average tone.
Overall: neutral
Claims by or about this figure, with the verdict of fact checkers or official data.
What is circulating
“In a "60 Minutes" interview, Trump said "zero people came in through our southern border" in the last 17 months.”
Claimed by Donald Trump · official statement
The facts
FactCheck.org found the claim false. Border Patrol still apprehends roughly 5,000 to 10,000 people a month trying to cross illegally, and Customs and Border Protection has acknowledged thousands of people who evaded capture. Crossings have fallen sharply, but not to zero.
What is circulating
“Speaking about Washington, D.C., in a "60 Minutes" interview, Trump said: "Now we haven't had a murder in a long time."”
Claimed by Donald Trump · official statement
The facts
FactCheck.org found the claim false. City data show nine homicides in the 30 days before November 10, 2026 and 88 so far that year, close to two a week. Homicides were down 26% from the same period of 2025 (119 to 88), a real decline but not an absence of murders.
What is circulating
“In a CBS "60 Minutes" interview, Trump said his roughly $3 billion net worth increase during his second presidency came from stocks, telling the interviewer "You should have had stock."”
Claimed by Donald Trump · official statement
The facts
PolitiFact rated the claim Mostly False. His financial disclosures attribute about $1.4 billion of the gain to cryptocurrency ventures and about $400 million to other businesses. Forbes estimated a 14% S&P 500 rise would have added only about $6 million to his stock holdings, while his Trump Media shares lost about $226 million.
What is circulating
“"I stated, numerous times, that it would take 4-6 weeks to get rid of THE IRAN NUCLEAR THREAT, and I did it in one night!"”
Claimed by Donald Trump · social media
The facts
PolitiFact rated the claim False. In March 2026 Trump described the four to five week timeline as the length of the overall war, not a separate nuclear goal. Experts said the 2025 and 2026 strikes set back Iran's nuclear programme without eliminating it, and the United States has not secured Iran's highly enriched uranium.
What is circulating
“At a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, Trump said Democratic governor candidate Amy Acton "is trying to double your state income tax."”
Claimed by Donald Trump · official statement
The facts
PolitiFact rated the claim False. It rests on a rival campaign estimate that Acton's plans would cost over $21 billion a year, compared with about $11 billion Ohio collected in individual income tax in fiscal 2025. That estimate includes costs such as universal childcare that Acton has not proposed, and her campaign said she would not raise income taxes.
What is circulating
“On Truth Social, Trump contrasted Brazil's fast vote count with U.S. cities such as Detroit and Philadelphia, where he said results "will often take weeks to Rig, I mean, calculate."”
Claimed by Donald Trump · social media
The facts
PolitiFact rated the claim Pants on Fire, its lowest rating. Brazil runs a single national system with uniform voting machines and no mail voting, while U.S. states set their own mail ballot deadlines and certification rules, which makes some counts slower. Counting speed is not evidence of fraud, and experts found no significant fraud in Brazil's 2022 election either.
What is circulating
“At a rally in Perry, Georgia, Trump said of gasoline prices: "You're still paying lower than (under) Biden and Obama."”
Claimed by Donald Trump · official statement
The facts
PolitiFact rated the claim Half True. With a national average of $4.42, prices were higher than at any point under Obama, when they never topped $4.17, and above $4 for most of Trump's second term, compared with about 11% of Biden's term. Measured as a share of household income, however, gasoline is currently more affordable than in most Obama and Biden years.
What is circulating
“Speaking about Venezuelan oil, Trump said: "We're making hundreds of billions of dollars, and so are they."”
Claimed by Donald Trump · official statement
The facts
PolitiFact rated the claim False. The most credible estimate of oil revenue since the U.S. took control of Venezuela's oil industry in January 2026 is about $13 billion. Venezuela's entire GDP is about $111 billion according to the IMF, so hundreds of billions for each side is implausible, and the White House provided no supporting data.
What is circulating
“In a Fox News interview, Trump said prices are "all coming down now. The food, the groceries, it's all coming down."”
Claimed by Donald Trump · official statement
The facts
PolitiFact rated the claim Mostly False. Consumer price index data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show overall prices up about 4.3% and grocery prices up 3.4% since January 2025. Gasoline rose 34% and electricity 8% over the same period, and annual inflation reached 3.5% in June 2026.
What is circulating
“In a prime-time election security speech, Trump said the government had "identified approximately 278,000 noncitizens who are registered to vote in federal elections."”
Claimed by Donald Trump · official statement
The facts
FactCheck.org found the figure unsupported: DHS has not published its methodology and experts say it is likely highly inaccurate. About 250,000 came from a four-state review DHS described as "may be as many as", and about 28,000 came from the SAVE tool across 68 million records, or about 0.04%, a tool that has previously flagged U.S. citizens. Neither Trump nor DHS said any of these people voted.
What is circulating
“A video shared on Facebook claimed to show President Trump being taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, with captions such as "BREAKING: There are some reports Trump has been taken to Walter Reed Hospital."”
Claimed by Facebook posts · social media
The facts
PolitiFact rated the claim False. The video was AI generated: Walter Reed said its logo and signage did not match the footage, the sign text was gibberish, and Google's SynthID detector found an AI watermark. The White House also called the video fake.
What is circulating
“A video shared on Facebook claimed to contain "leaked Donald Trump audio about the Epstein files and Venezuela."”
Claimed by Facebook posts · social media
The facts
PolitiFact rated the claim False. The opening of the clip matches a November 2025 TikTok video carrying an OpenAI Sora watermark, and its uploader said it was AI generated. The rest is authentic footage from November 2025 in which Trump explained his hoarse voice, unrelated to Epstein or any leak.
What is circulating
“Leavitt said Trump's tax and spending bill "does not add to the deficit."”
Claimed by Karoline Leavitt · official statement
The facts
PolitiFact rated the claim False. Independent estimates project the bill would raise deficits by roughly $3 trillion to $4 trillion over 10 years, including $3.2 trillion from the Penn Wharton Budget Model and $3.3 trillion from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Her $1.6 trillion savings figure counted spending cuts but left out about $3.8 trillion in lost tax revenue.
What is circulating
“"We're taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs. Two billion a day."”
Claimed by Donald Trump · official statement
The facts
PolitiFact rated the claim False. The Treasury's daily statement for April 8, 2025 showed $192 million in customs duties and certain excise taxes. The Tax Foundation estimated about $800 million a day as of April 10, and the $2 billion figure only appears if trade volumes are assumed not to fall despite the higher tariffs.