Trade

Scorecard

True
0% 23 Checks
Mostly True
0% 44 Checks
Half True
0% 0 Checks
Mostly False
0% 45 Checks
False
0% 56 Checks
Pants on Fire
0% 12 Checks
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All Fact-checks for Trade

stated on January 16, 2026 in an email:
“Trump’s $2,000 tariff dividend is live but you must act.”
False
January 23, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 9, 2025 in public events:
The U.S. has received promises of investments totaling $18 trillion to $22 trillion since January.
False
December 9, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 12, 2025 in an X post:
“My tariffs … are helping to slash the deficit this year by more than 25%.”
False
November 14, 2025
stated on October 23, 2025 in a statement on X:
An ad from the government of Ontario, Canada, “misrepresents” President Ronald Reagan’s April 25, 1987, address about tariffs.
Mostly False
October 24, 2025
Ritchie Torres
Ritchie Torres
stated on July 20, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“Since Donald Trump's inauguration, we have seen an 11% decline in the value of the dollar, the steepest decline in more than a half a century.”
Mostly True
July 25, 2025
stated on July 20, 2025 in a social media post:
“America had a trade surplus in ice cream in 2020 under President Trump's leadership, but that surplus turned into a trade deficit of $40.6 million under President Biden's watch.”
Mostly True
July 24, 2025
stated on July 20, 2025 in an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation":
Tariffs are “going to pay off our deficit.”
False
July 22, 2025
stated on May 18, 2025 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“Gasoline prices have collapsed under President Trump."
Mostly False
May 20, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2025 in an event in the White House:
Declining cargo traffic at U.S. ports “means we lose less money. … When you say it's slowed down, that's a good thing.”
False
May 16, 2025
stated on May 5, 2025 in a CNN NewsNight episode:
“China makes 80% of all toys” and “90% of all Christmas goods” sold in the U.S.
True
May 9, 2025
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