It’s not true that Donald Trump never left the White House
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- Former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and left the White House on Jan. 20, 2021. Joe Biden is president.
There’s a brand of misinformation that spreads widely on social media that falsely suggests Donald Trump is not the former president, but the current one. We’ve checked some of it, such as this claim that Trump signed the Insurrection Act and is still president, or that he was secretly inaugurated as the president of the “restored Republic.”
Neither statement is accurate, and neither is the title of this video shared on Facebook on Feb. 2. “Trump is in position,” it says. “He never left.”
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The video offers no evidence to support this claim.
While Trump is active in politics — issuing statements, holding rallies, giving interviews — he is no longer the president. He left the White House on Jan. 20, 2021, and hasn’t returned.
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Our Sources
Facebook post, Feb. 2, 2022
PolitiFact, No evidence that Trump invoked federal Insurrection Act. And he’s not still president, June 4, 2021
PolitiFact, No, Trump wasn’t inaugurated president in 2021, Dec. 8, 2021
CNN, Trump fires back at Lindsey Graham in interview, Feb. 2, 2022
KHOU 11, Former President Donald Trump visits Conroe for 'Save America Rally,' Jan. 29, 2022
