Nuclear Scorecard True 0% 9 Checks Mostly True 0% 18 Checks Half True 0% 0 Checks Mostly False 0% 32 Checks False 0% 30 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 6 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Nuclear X posts stated on June 13, 2025 in an X post: Photo shows Israeli pilot Sarah Ahronot, who was captured by Iran. June 23, 2025 Eric Hovde stated on March 4, 2024 in Campaign website: Says U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin “was one of the staunchest supporters of the Iran deal which sent billions of dollars and plane loads of cash to Iran.” By Laura Schulte • March 8, 2024 Chris Christie stated on November 8, 2023 in the third Republican debate in Miami: “In 1992, this country made a promise to Ukraine. We said if you return nuclear missiles that were part of the old Soviet Union to Russia, and they invade you, we will protect you.” By Louis Jacobson • November 9, 2023 Facebook posts stated on October 25, 2023 in a Facebook post: Switzerland’s distribution of iodine tablets means the government is worried about nuclear war. November 3, 2023 Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2023 in a Facebook post: “Hiroshima and Nagasaki were never nuked.” August 14, 2023 X posts stated on July 4, 2023 in a tweet: Footage of nuclear explosions proves that "nukes are fake." By Sara Swann • July 11, 2023 Ted Cruz stated on May 17, 2023 in a speech at the Hudson Institute: Barack Obama said that Iran has a “right” to nuclear technology, including weapons. By Sarah Bahari • June 13, 2023 Facebook posts stated on May 1, 2023 in a Facebook post: Video shows Ukraine was “nuked.” May 4, 2023 Instagram posts stated on October 20, 2022 in a post: “Ukraine has a nuclear bomb primed in Mykolaiv.” October 27, 2022 Facebook posts stated on August 7, 2022 in una publicación en Facebook: "Urgente! China prepara un ataque nuclear desde el espacio! Nueva York en alerta roja!" By Nuria Diaz Muñoz • August 9, 2022 Load More Latest Articles Trump declares fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction. What does that mean? • December 17, 2025 Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ interview: Fact-checking his statements on nuclear weapons, Mamdani, ICE • November 3, 2025 Are Iranian nuclear sites ‘obliterated,’ as Donald Trump said? Too soon to know, experts say • June 23, 2025 Ask PolitiFact: Was Iran ‘weeks away’ from having a nuclear weapon, as Trump said? • June 23, 2025 Did Trump violate War Powers Act by bombing Iran nuclear sites? • June 22, 2025 Ask PolitiFact: What was the Iran nuclear deal and why did Trump drop out? • June 18, 2025 Does Donald Trump have sole power to decide if and when to strike Iran? Or does Congress have a say? • June 18, 2025 Why a possible U.S. attack on Iran could break a longstanding U.S.-Israel pattern • June 17, 2025 Are we closer to nuclear Armageddon than any time since 1962, as Biden suggested? By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2022 What are ‘tactical’ nuclear weapons? And what do they mean for Russia, Ukraine and the world? By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2022
