Donald Trump
Donald Trump is the president of the United States; he was elected Nov. 5, 2024, and began his second presidential term Jan. 20, 2025. He defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, four years after losing his reelection bid to Joe Biden in 2020. Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016. He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year.
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Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia “had ‘MS-13’ on his knuckles tattooed. … He had ‘MS’ as clear as you can be. Not 'interpreted.’”
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“We had a couple of states where gasoline was at $1.98 a gallon.”
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In 2024, “China made $1 trillion off trade with the United States.”
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The 2020 election was “rigged” and Chris Krebs, former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director, “baselessly” dismissed “election malfeasance.”
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Fact-check: Trump said tariffs collections are ‘almost $2 billion a day.’ Trade experts are doubtful
The U.S. is “taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs.”
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On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9.
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“Egg prices came down 50%”
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Fact-checking Donald Trump on whether automobile plants are ‘being built at levels we’ve never seen’
“We have automobile plants being built at levels we've never seen … and they're going up fast.”
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Former President Joe Biden’s pardons of lawmakers on the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack “are hereby declared void, vacant, and of…
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"All armed services are having among the best recruiting results ever” because of Trump policies, and “it was just a few months ago where the…
Latest Promises Of Donald Trump
| Promise | Status | Last Updated | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not support a federal abortion ban | Not Rated | January 19, 2025 | View Details |
| Cut energy costs by 50% in first year | Not Rated | January 19, 2025 | View Details |
| Approve liquefied natural gas terminals | In the Works | January 19, 2025 | View Details |
| Abolish the Education Department | In the Works | January 19, 2025 | View Details |
| Promote research and development for vertical-takeoff flying cars | Not Rated | January 19, 2025 | View Details |
| Reduce the cost of gasoline below $2 a gallon | Not Rated | January 19, 2025 | View Details |
| Carry out the largest domestic deportation operation in American history | In the Works | January 19, 2025 | View Details |
| Finish the border wall | In the Works | January 19, 2025 | View Details |
| Restore and expand the travel ban | Not Rated | January 19, 2025 | View Details |
| End birthright citizenship | Stalled | January 19, 2025 | View Details |